James revealed that he conducted an entire scientific study to end any debate about whether Leonardo DiCaprio’s character could have survived. After the Titanic sinks, Jack Dawson and Kate Winslet’s Rose DeWitt Bukater try to escape in the icy water.
Only one person can remain on the door fragment: and Jack gives this place to Rose. As a result, the young man freezes and Rose was able to survive. 25 years after the release of the tape, Cameron hears doubts that Jack was indeed doomed.
“We have conducted a thorough forensic medical examination. We worked with a hypothermia expert who reproduced the raft from the film. We took two stuntmen of the same weight as Kate and Leo, put sensors on them, put them in ice water and tested them with different methods to see if they could survive. It was clear that both of them could not survive. Only one could survive,” James told The Sun.
He emphasized that he wanted to end this story and not return to this discussion. “Jack was supposed to die. It’s like Romeo and Juliet,” summed up the director.