WHY JACK DIED IN TITANIC
Actor Billy Zane, who played Cal Hockley in Titanic, has said that Leo ’s character Jack had to die in the film. “Your hero had to die. I don’t know what else would have done it,” he said.
Actor Billy Zane, who essayed the role of Cal Hockley in Titanic (1997), says Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, Jack Dawson, had to die in the blockbuster film.
The James Cameron directorial has caused debates over the years over the fact that Jack perished in the icy water while Kate Winslet’s character, Rose DeWitt Bukater, stayed safe on a floating wooden door.
“Your hero had to die. I don’t know what else would have done it. It had to happen,” Zane told people.com.
Earlier, Cameron had insisted that he made an “artistic choice” to kill off Jack.
“Obviously, it was an artistic choice, the thing was just big enough to hold her, and not big enough to hold him ... I think it’s all kind of silly, really, that we are having this discussion 20 years later. But it does show that the film was effective in making Jack so endearing to the audience that it hurts them to see him die. Had he lived, the ending of the film would have been meaningless,” said Cameron.
THE FILM HAS FUELLED DEBATES OVER THE FACT THAT JACK PERISHED IN THE ICY WATER WHILE ROSE SURVIVED, REMAINING SAFE ON A FLOATING DOOR