McConaughey vied for Titanic

Imagine if at the beginning of Titanic, the Jack Dawson character climbed up on the rails at the bow of the ship and proclaimed, “All right, all right, all right.” Matthew McConaughey told the Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast he auditioned for the role that cemented Leonardo DiCaprio as an A-list actor. “I auditioned with Kate Winslet. Had a good audition. Walked away from there pretty confident that I had it. I didn’t get it,” he said.

Yes, he missed out on Titanic, but he won an Oscar before the guy who beat him out for Jack.