Leo: My Titanic blunder
LEONARDO DiCaprio was almost not cast as Jack Dawson in Titanic after he refused to do a screen test.
Director James Cameron, 68, said DiCaprio told him, “I don’t read”, to which Cameron said he responded by thanking him for his time.
When DiCaprio saw the role slipping away, he said: “Wait, you mean, if I don’t read, I don’t get the part?”
Cameron told him: “This is a giant movie.
“I’m not gonna f*** it up by making the wrong decision in casting, so you’re going to read or you’re not going to get the part.”