The A-Listers Who Almost Starred in 'Titanic' | CASTING CALLS

'Titanic' was massive on every level, and that included the casting process. From Matthew McConaughey to Angelina Jolie, dozens of A-listers were considered. Who else missed out on the role of a lifetime?

[@connorwestin5649]

I truly believe Titanic wouldn’t have been as compelling without Kate Winslet as Rose. It still would’ve been Cameron’s impressive blockbuster, but she elevated the love story to unmatchable heights. She not only had the timeless beauty and an understanding of the comportment of the period, but her serious acting chops were evident even at that young age. Personally, I think she deserved the Oscar over Helen Hunt

[@София-д3р7д]

Agree!!

[@dvchel]

@Connor Westin Don't forget the amazing chemistry with DiCaprio played a major role too, outside of the sheer talent Kate had as an actress to play the character of Rose. For it made the story that much more compelling. But James Cameron was right. He wanted someone for the role that for which men would be willing to die for. Kate had that quality and brought it to the screen too. That's whay she was perfect.

[@shihlin1]

Don't forget Gwyneth Paltrow (GOOP) was a hair's breath away from playing Rose in "Titanic". I can see why Cameron wanted to cast Gwyneth, she has that aristocratic air about her that Rose projects.

[@Girl-rj3qe]

Kate Winslet really fits historical period romances. If people watch her roles in Hamlet (1996) and Sense and Sensibility (1995), they’ll see that she really fits Rose.

[@jeanleslie3385]

I couldn't even imagine now anyone, but Leo and Kate, playing Rose and Jack.

[@scottbarkley496]

Get a life

[@nothing5283]

@Yoana Valerio Marin no u

[@itistyler1720]

If it wasn’t those two I would want River Phoenix and Winona Ryder

[@cinemaking9887]

I could easily picture Jared Leto playing Jack

[@cinemaking9887]

Rachel weisz could easily play rose

[@mikmowmil]

In the end the casting worked out perfectly. Even though I could see Pierce Brosnan as Cal. Kathy Bates was perfect as Molly Brown, she even has an uncanny resemblance to the real Molly Brown.

[@dvchel]

@Mikimoto mikimoto Though do you think Pierce Brosnan could have played the villain as much as Billy Zane though? I don't he can, because, too many people would know him as the good guy from James Bond etc.

[@makemarker]

Kathy Bates is great at everything..

[@sorayavictoria2936]

Kate Winslet the best choice because she has Rose's beauty

[@dvchel]

@Soraya Victoria Yep. As James Cameron said: _"someone men would be willing to do die for."_ Otherwise known as possessing certain qualities/traits reminding you of a sweetheart/angel.

[@itistyler1720]

The casting was perfect but if it wasn’t Kate and Leo as Rose and Jack then I would want Winona Ryder and River Phoenix

[@shihlin1]

I don't know about Angelina, but Gwyneth Paltrow was very close to playing Rose. If Gwyneth ended up playing Rose, I don't think the public would've bought it.

[@dvchel]

I remember reading Winona Ryder was close too.

[@mason4976]

@shihlin1 Not arguing with you, just curious to hear why you think that?

[@shihlin1]

@@mason4976 A lot of people have an adversion to Gwyneth as a person. All you have to do is google her past history. She was even voted "Most Hated Celeb".

[@ashleyelizabeth6435]

I know that I wouldn't have fallen is love with the movie if they had others cast as jack and rose! 💯

[@justloveeelly2397]

holy fuck the list just goes on and on, people knew it was going to be a success even before the film was shot

[@jielcm2726]

Bunch of budding A-Listers of hollywood before and now has their own names printed in hollywood!

[@RANCE22808]

There was no way Leo and Claire Danes were gonna work together again after on set drama while filming Romeo and Juliet.

[@RANCE22808]

@@jenniferhuynh9138 not so much that she doesn't have the look but she and Leo didn't get along.

[@RANCE22808]

@@jenniferhuynh9138 yeah yes you're right. Kate is Rose.

[@Jeniffer61867]

I can see Mathew and Angelina or Drew Barrymore though but no one compares to Kate and Leo.

[@IsaacRainford21]

River would’ve made an awesome Jack

[@tillyboos]

UFC 360 Yes, he would have, I COMPLETELY agree. River Phoenix was DEFINITELY pretty enough to play Jack, and he would have already had the mega-star chops in Hollywood to carry a major blockbuster. He would have been about 26/27 years old when Titanic was filming in 1996, and he looked younger than that, so it would have worked. Who knows what his chemistry with Winslet would have been like though? He was such a good actor, he might have even elevated her performance. From my perspective, ever since I first saw Titanic, I believe Kate elevated Leo’s performance and she truly carried the film. The chemistry between them was amazing, but I believe it was Winslet who elevated his performance and made that chemistry what it was. She IS the reason to watch the film, since you can honestly believe her living in that time period and being that character.

[@Jessica-wd3kt]

UFC 360 no

[@geneandeddie]

yes

[@pennylanee19]

Yes❤

[@dissclout47]

Yess

[@bellamartino730]

Angelina doesn’t have a period face. Kate very much fit perfectly and looked like a porcelain doll that was popular during those times.

[@kcesca]

Tbh, I know he was their first choice and they basically wrote the character with him in mind, but I think River would have really struggled as Jack. He always looked very uncomfortable in romantic scenes, probably because of his history of childhood sexual abuse. It's not a coincidence his most memorable roles are the ones with the littlest emphasis on the romantic relationship.

[@Someonesaidthis]

River would have been perfect 😍😭

[@elizabethhorsey6498]

Claire Danes might have done pretty good in it because her and leo had filmed romeo and juliet together but i still prefer the role being taken by Kate

[@laurendy5534]

No. Kate Winslet is the perfect Rose. I don't like Claire Danes.

[@elizabethhorsey6498]

@@laurendy5534 thats what i said dumbass

[@Cheese_dinosaur]

Claire said she didn’t wanna do another love story with him lol

[@shihlin1]

Claire ready to punch Leo in the face after the whole Romeo Juliet experience. No go.

[@estherhabs3602]

Yeah I can imagine the nude scene

[@juniourst3ven596]

Imagine Angelina Jolie as Rose though! I think she would have made a GREAT Rose

[@seehjs]

NO WAY

[@YT-Trenton]

I know Titanic fans, like myself, can't imagine another cast playing Jack & Rose. You never know though, there could have been others who could have knocked it out of the park.

[@audreysegedin7803]

I think that Kate and Leo were AMAZING as Rose and Jack, but as a Johnny Depp fan, I would’ve loved to see him as Jack, just in like a screen test or something to see what he would’ve been like in the role. I know he would’ve been amazing in it. But I guess since he turned it down they never did a screen test or audition with him, so I couldn’t find any videos of him acting as Jack and I’m so upset about it.😭 Someone please ask Johnny to act out Jack from Titanic.

[@Girl-rj3qe]

He did have a movie with Kate Winslet called Finding Neverland

[@missyaz4959]

After, working with Leo on Romeo + Juliet is so understandable why Claire Danes turned down the role for Rose. Heard her and Leo didnt get along. P.S Kate Winslet is the only one I can see playing Rose. She did an amazing job ❤

[@elizabethhorsey6498]

it just wouldn't of been the same with leo and kate replaced as Jack and Rose

[@rogerwhittaker4189]

I could see river Phoenix if he were still alive or Macaulay culkin since they were hearthrobbs at the time.

[@jessicariley9281]

Why did two people from scream (it’s a horrror movie) XD

[@buddysemken7515]

All i heard was mathew m auditioned with kate winslet but im glad some of those didn't get it for some reasons

[@sarak6083]

Team Jolie and Tom Cruise or McConaughey!!!

[@София-д3р7д]

Tom Cruise, yes. Angelina isn't as suited for this role. Tom Cruise looked perfect in period role in "far and away".

[@sarak6083]

@@София-д3р7д leo and kate sucked

[@shihlin1]

@@София-д3р7дCruise too old to play Jack. He was 34 at the time when Titanic was made.

[@hamtaro5439]

I'd love to see River Phoenix as Jack Dawson

[@dylanpsinakis7930]

I would like Chris O Donnel.

[@karlas4446]

River Phoenix would have done amazing ❤️ Leo did really good but no one compares to River 💔

[@seehjs]

Everyone will scream now but i would preferred Christian Bale as Jack. He would look more male than babyface Leonardo. Leonardo did a great job so I'm not taking anything away from him. Just a tough 😊

[@misscomment8025]

Kate and Leo only

[@Anaya1791]

Brad and jen would be so perfect

[@FaustoOMG]

I could see Michael Jackson on Titanic as Jack

[@Anaya1791]

l swear they get the best looking cast rob Lowe Johnny Depp brad Pitt river phoenix Jared Leto tom cruise as jack and as rose Winona Ryder drew barrymore Jennifer Aniston Angelina Jolie Gwyneth Paltrow demi Moore nicole Kidman

[@chupacabra8331]

Matthew McConaughey would've been a terrible choice.

[@kapilumrania]

Everyone is a gangsta until Johnny Depp arrived. If he would have said yes back than for this role nobody in the world can play that role better than him. He's god in human form. But Leo did an amazing work.

[@diorszzle]

he wouldn’t be good for that role lol

[@rogerwhittaker4189]

Brad Pitt would've made an awesome Jack.

[@IsaacRainford21]

Roger Whittaker nah he’d be too old and rigged not suitable for jack at all tf

[@ranson18vysakh67]

so funny lol😆

[@nataszasuarez6243]

C'mon 😂

[@scottbarkley496]

TOM CRUISE 😍

[@idkwhattocallthislol8754]

Nowhere near as good as leo

[@jielcm2726]

Jeremy sisto younger looking john travolta😊

[@hlgrmdr9556]

basically all of hollywood was considered lol

[@scottbarkley496]

TOM CRUISE could have been AMAZING 😍

[@София-д3р7д]

Yeah, he also looked perfect in the period role in "far and away".

[@FaustoOMG]

Michael Jackson also could be included in this list to be Jack Dawson

[@desPrez188]

What?

[@FaustoOMG]

@@desPrez188 cause i thought putting Michael Jackson on this example!

[@Eddiemation]

I heard Rosie O’Donnell was the first choice for Rose but she turned because she was already filming Harriet the Spy.

[@ainetierney5766]

No way

[@ainetierney5766]

Impossible

[@felisanti6741]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@shihlin1]

Nice try 😅

[@desPrez188]

Nice troll

[@krugereren6626]

Agenlina Jolie would be a better rose honestly

[@divine8897]

nahh, nobody can beat kate at this role tbh. she was destined for it. and what made her role better was that her and leo had a genuine connection which added to their on screen performance

[@divine8897]

nahh, nobody can beat kate at this role tbh. she was destined for it. and what made her role better was that her and leo had a genuine connection which added to their on screen performance .

[@dress4villaiins]

nope, nobody could've done Rose better than Kate.

[@ทิพย์สุดาแดงแต้]

In your dreams kids.... Jack and rose = Leo and Kate 💓💓 They are the perfect couple!!

[@shihlin1]

I didn't know until this vid that Jodie Foster and Gwyneth Paltrow were being considered. That is what I call throwing cold water on a hot item. Woulda been the PITS had either one been cast as Rose. Plus I think Jodie is way older than Leo in real life. That would not work !

[@charlesw322]

Minnie driver 🤭🤭🤭

[@kerimarthaanderson2859]

Yoh aren't you lying

[@2010hotmale2010]

Chris Odonell wouldn’t have been a bad choice

[@aliyalee9645]

kate n leo fit that roles already, i can't imagine if anyone else played that roles i'm sure thats gonna look so weird

[@taroman7100]

she looked to old for him

[@scottbarkley496]

I can think of thousands who can

[@scottbarkley496]

@Yoana Valerio Marin oh leo fangirl ? Lmao you are pathetic

[@bh29]

@@taroman7100 in a way that is true but in actuality she was younger than him, lol!

[@iamBlackGambit]

Well of course you can't cause that's all we have experienced! Lol it's like saying I can't imagine anyone but Keanu playing neo! Yes because no one has ever played the role🤷🏾‍♂️

[@fckgooogle1000x]

Rose: "Draw me like one of your French girls." McConaughey Jack: *Alright alright alright*

[@bonnieloutube]

😂😂😂

[@shihlin1]

I can't see Matthew playing Jack. Maybe Cameron caught McConaughey in Dazed and Confused and said, "What was I thinking ?!"

[@LukeLovesRose]

LMAO

[@kaya124]

i could actually see River playing that role, but Leo killed it!! :)

[@Overlorddz]

I would have never watched it is McConaughey, Jolie, Pitt or Madonna were in this movie. It would have been an average clusterfuck.

[@mactocmo]

Rose: Jack, if you jump, I jump McCounaJack: ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT.

[@purplelove010]

River Pheonix and Leonardo Dicaprio look like they could be brothers.

[@bawihiariel9172]

River Phoenix would be awesome Jack.. This star gone too young.. It still shocked me.. 😫😫😓

[@AC-cb8we]

I do agree however I don’t think river would have really been interested in being such a high profile box office movie like this. He usually did independent films.

[@bawihiariel9172]

Who knows.. He can change up his mind to..If he had enough chance to think.. But, no used at all, because his gone😓.. But i still admire his as Mr.perfectionist 💕💕💕

[@AC-cb8we]

EnmaAi EnmaAi i still admire river too. I’m 17 and I have had a crush on him since 2016 but it is a little annoying when people compare him to Leo just because they were similar.

[@bawihiariel9172]

All I Wish is having a baby who looks like River Phoenix 😂🤗🤗.. My foolish high hope 🙈🙈🙈

[@AC-cb8we]

EnmaAi EnmaAi lol

[@beccabrns1723]

Bet all the people who turned down the role regret it now...

[@kapilumrania]

Except Johnny Depp

[@angelinaz78]

Funny you said that because, Kate and Leo regret taking the roles.

[@angelinaz78]

@Sara H. That is what they said in an interview. Look it up yourself

[@KC-ez6yv]

@@kapilumrania Johnny Depp says he regrets in interview

[@abrahamrivera6298]

@@angelinaz78 yea after they made $ off it

[@vishnuvardhanb3834]

Johnny depp and wiano ryder

[@Girl-rj3qe]

Hugh Grant as Cal?! 😱. Interesting, he acted as Kate Winslet’s brother in law just 2 years prior to Titanic

[@fairsuns]

They perfectly nailed the casting with Titanic, no doubt. But for the ones that were considered that I think could maybe would pull it off are: Rose: Jennifer Connelly, Nicole Kidman, Kate Beckinsale, Neve Campbell, Gwen Paltrow, Rose Byrne, Uma thurman Jack: River Phoenix and Matthew McConaughey But I'm glad it's Leo and Kate in the end, they were just born for the leads of this movie.

[@samirgogoi5846]

Imagine if Pierce Brosnan was caledon, he wouldn't miss

[@izzat_izzudin7287]

River would be perfect Jack however Leo was the good choice

[@AlphachadEpicCollector]

River Phoenix is a 1000 times better actor than DiCraprio, and would’ve been better at the role.

[@wits3392]

Nah, unless Rose was played by another actress, no one can top Leo's and Kate chemistry

[@taylorgrove7163]

i could imagine brad pitt as jack but jodie foster as rose ? wtf hell no

[@cosmic_cosmos1]

Woah so it could have possibly been Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp?

[@devashishsharma7995]

Christian Bale as Jack and Jennifer Connelly as Rose would have been perfect.

[@eduardomerino8098]

I think Gwyneth Paltrow, Charlize Theron, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Christina Applegate, Gabrielle Anwar, Claire Danes, and Winona Ryder would've been the best cast choices for Rose if Kate wasn't cast.

[@melisakepenek4716]

River would've the best

[@taroman7100]

Leo owes a prayer to River. he got all the roles subsequently intended for River. Leo is a cheap knock off. He looked too young and she looked too old

[@scottbarkley496]

TOM CRUISE as well 😍

[@AC-cb8we]

Joanie Adams River was Leo’s favorite actor and just because River was intended to play like 2 roles (that didn’t even do that well) doesn’t mean he would have got them, he was just in the running. Don’t get me wrong, I do love river but Leo was not a cheap knock off just because they were similar, he was a good actor even before river died.

[@josephamato2031]

@@taroman7100 well said

[@mjj43]

Tori Spelling 😂

[@makemarker]

Jared Leto wouldn't audition.. well at least he got his reservation at Dorsia

[@canuck21]

Apparently Clair Danes was the one who got the role of Rose but then she turned it down. I suspect the moment she learnt her co-star would be Leo again, she didn't want the job anymore.

[@estherhabs3602]

I can imagine the nude scene

[@marieanne2961]

oh please.... all those actors who turned down that role ? you got almost all of hollywood right there.... just how unapealing was this movie lol... fake

[@sicidamara7061]

Leo was the next best choice after River. But River would've been best.

[@starbug345]

Oh god it would have been terrible with Angelina Jolie

[@shihlin1]

Jodie Foster and Gwyneth Paltrow as Rose would have been the PITS !

[@user-ey1ms7dj8i]

Im shocked haha But I think Johnny Depp can nailed the role of Jack haha lol just kidding 😅

[@kapilumrania]

He seriously can nail any role but he turned down that role because he's not interested in that role.

[@b-chu9747]

I would have liked Rose Byrne or Rachel Weisz too

[@AnthroHistorian]

I'm glad Tori Spelling wasn't cast as Rose in Titanic.

[@killerc0urt]

Ethan Hawke would have crushed it though..

[@rogerwhittaker4189]

Scarlett johansson or drew barrymore as rose .

[@elizabethhorsey6498]

the ending is facts there can only be one king(in the movie that is)

[@Fierceprotector]

Jeremy Sisto the goat ,

[@tobisama2554]

Geena davis, Madonna? Gwyneth? Too OLD

[@shihlin1]

Madonna could play Molly Brown, that's about the only role left she could play.

[@LukeLovesRose]

Leo and Kate were the only people who could play Jack and Rose. MADONNA?! Yuck! And Kathy Bates WAS Molly Brown. It's just too bad Leo doesnt appreciate his fame from the worldwide success of Titanic

[@tagabulodchastityobedience7292]

Cameron turned them down because they weren’t right for the rules..only Kate and Leo was the perfect people to play jack and rose

[@TomRipley7350]

Barkad Abdi would’ve made a perfect Jack.

[@chrisynion8123]

Johnny as Jack Winona as Rose Pierce James bond brosnan cal 🔥🔥

[@mt_gox]

steven dorf & billy crudda? who?

[@KC-ez6yv]

Good thing it's not ugly Johnny Depp

[@lizziemiss945]

Ew no

[@SonyaOutThere]

Madonna was almost 40 when they made Titanic!

[@shihlin1]

Madonna could play the Molly Brown role.

[@Nilaaa20]

Johnny depp ❤️would have been amazing.

[@aa-qg5dj]

Leo is the only one who’s irreplaceable. I’d be okay with Angelina instead of Kate

[@scottbarkley496]

Stfu

[@Rizkiya._622]

Kate is perfect for that role kate is beautiful than angelina

[@Girl-rj3qe]

I’d argue, Leo is great as Jack but Kate is irreplaceable as Rose 🌹. She was the most well prepared young actress to take the role. She did acclaimed period movies (Hamlet, Sense and Sensibility) prior to Titanic, even receiving an oscar nomination for Sense and Sensibility.

[@abbybakan2687]

river would’ve been way better

[@pinkpilatesprincess3566]

Lmao no

[@missyaz4959]

River would've so fitted the role, I too can envision him playing Jack but Leo killed the role, nonetheless and honestly now there's no better Jack Dawson than Leo.

[@jackdolah2031]

Should've been mcconaughey!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@sarak6083]

Yea didnt care for leo for this film

[@FaustoOMG]

It should have been include Michael Jackson as Jack dawson