Kate, too, has waded into the debate.
“Look, all I can tell you is, I do have a decent understanding of water and how it behaves,” the 48-year-old said on a 2022 episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast. “I think he would have fit, but it would have tipped and it would not have been a sustainable idea—yes, he could have fit on that door, but it would not have stayed afloat. It wouldn’t.”
And while, at first, Kate needed to set sail on smaller roles following the major success of the Titanic, and even once said she’d need “a lot of money” to work with James again, she eventually went back out to sea with its director, starring in 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water, 25 years after collaborating for Titanic.
“Jim, as a director, as a person, you know, we are just both different, older, have hopefully learned a lot more in terms of how to tell stories and be creative contributors and collaborators,” she explained to Entertainment Weekly in 2022 on her decision to reunite with the director. “The two films are so different. These experiences were so far apart.”
Kate has had plenty of experiences since telling Leo’s Jack that she’ll never let go. Read on for her best roles.