'We have done scientific study': James Cameron to prove Jack couldn't have survived in 'Titanic'
Since the 1997 release of the blockbuster movie 'Titanic', many have argued over its conclusion that Rose (Kate Winslet) might have moved aside to make space for Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) on the floating door, sparing his life. The legendary filmmaker James Cameron, 68, has now come to disprove everyone and put an end to the protracted discussion that has lasted for over 25 years through a scientific commissioned study.
“We have done a scientific study to put this whole thing to rest and drive a stake through its heart once and for all,” Cameron told Postmedia during an interview to promote his newly-released Avatar: The Way of Water as per the Toronto Sun. The 4K release of 'Titanic' which is set to arrive in theaters on Valentine in February will coincide with his science project which is going to run on National Geographic.
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“We have since done a thorough forensic analysis with a hypothermia expert who reproduced the raft from the movie and we’re going to do a little special on it that comes out in February. We took two stunt people who were the same body mass of Kate and Leo and we put sensors all over them and inside them and we put them in ice water and we tested to see whether they could have survived through a variety of methods and the answer was, there was no way they both could have survived. Only one could survive,” he said as per the report.
Cameron said those involved "put sensors all over them and inside them and we put them in ice water" to see if survival was a possibility. As he explained, "There was no way they both could have survived. Only one could survive." "[Jack] needed to die," Cameron added. "It's like Romeo and Juliet. It's a movie about love and sacrifice and mortality. The Love is measured by the sacrifice … Maybe after 25 years, I won't have to deal with this anymore."
The claim that Jack could have survived has long been disputed by Cameron, and in a 2013 Mythbusters episode hosted by Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, who stated that "Jack's death was unnecessary," the claim was refuted by the filmmakers in 2017. He asserted that Jack could not have performed certain tasks because of hypothermia and the icy waters before pulling himself onto the floating door, per an interview in Daily Beast.