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Victor Garber weighs in on Titanic door controversy: 'It's one of those questions I don't understand' "If that's the way James Cameron wanted to end the movie, he would've," says Garber, who featured as ship designer Thomas Andrews. Victor Garber may be sorry he didn't build Rose a stronger ship, but he's not sorry he thinks your Titanic door theories are silly. "If that's the way [James Cameron] wanted to end the movie, he would've," says Garber in response to his thoughts on the longstanding fan belief that Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) fit on the door and lived. "It's one of those questions that I don't really understand. If that spoiled the movie for you, I'm sorry, but that certainly never crossed my mind." For years fans have contended that Rose (Kate Winslet) was selfish and if she had shared the floating door in the mid-Atlantic with Jack, he could've lived. It's remained such a subject of debate that the Mythbusters dedicated an episode to it and Cameron himself ran a test experiment recently in the run-up to Titanic's 25th anniversary. Cameron even admitted there were other potential outcomes after his series of tests, saying, "Jack might've lived, but there's a lot of variables. How much swell is there, how long does it take the lifeboat to get there. In an experiment in a test pool, we can't possibly simulate the terror, the adrenaline, all the things that worked against them. He couldn't have anticipated what we know today about hypothermia. He didn't get to run a bunch of different experiments to see what worked the best. Based on what I know today, I would have made the raft smaller, so there's no doubt." But in Garber's eyes, it's the way the story goes and therefore, it shouldn't even be up for debate. Garber featured in Titanic as Thomas Andrews, the designer of the ill-fated ship, and he remembers the experience as one of the most unique and memorable in his long career. We caught up with Garber in advance of the film's return to theaters for its 25th anniversary to reminisce about playing Andrews, perfecting an Irish accent, forming a bond with Winslet, and playing Scrabble to pass the time. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did you come on board the film? Did they make an offer or did you audition? VICTOR GARBER: I believe I was the last principal to be cast. They were already shooting in Mexico when I got the casting call to go to L.A. and meet with Mali Finn, who was the casting director. They sent me the script, and I thought it was really one of the best screenplays I've ever read. I certainly knew the story, but I thought it was a beautiful love story set in that very tragic time. So I worked on the part and I went in and she videoed me. It seemed to go really well, and she seemed very positive about it. I drove back to San Diego where I was doing a play, and then I didn't hear anything. What happened was when Mali Finn got back to her office after the weekend, she saw that my tape had not been sent. James Cameron had received a different audition and had told her, "I don't think this is the guy." And she was surprised. Then she realized that he hadn't seen my tape, so it was a comedy of errors. Then the next thing I knew, I was in a van after I'd finished the play I was doing and being driven to Rosarito, Mexico. I met James Cameron for the first time on the set. He was actually in the tank filming. The background people were in the tank and floating around, and he was shooting. He waved at me. And then about a half hour later, he made his way over and was literally in the tank and looked up at me and said, "Well, welcome, I'm glad you're here, and I'll see you on set, and I'm so happy you're doing this." And I was there for the next five months. You'd done a lot of stage work that required various dialects, but was Mr. Andrews' mid-Ulster accent intimidating? Yes. Because I'm a perfectionist. There was a dialect coach on the set. I worked really hard listening to accents, and I didn't get as specific as I probably should have, but I knew that when I started, I was in the ballpark. Then the dialogue coach on set helped me. If it had been Scottish, I would've been in real trouble. But for some reason, Irish was a little easier to assimilate. Mr. Andrews is obviously the real person who designed the ship, but the way that James Cameron wrote him, he's also this engine of dramatic irony and foreshadowing. Was that something that you had to take into account as you were playing him and try to make sure you weren't leaning too hard into that in any sense? I don't honestly really think like that as an actor. I don't think, "Oh, he's foreshadowing." It's just a moment to experience. The way I work is if you're in a scene, all you can do is respond to the information you're getting. I don't plan it, it just comes in that moment. James is a very intricate director, and I loved working with him as an actor. I know he's known for his special effects and everything, but he had a real affinity for this role. He saw himself as that person on this whole project. I trusted him and he was very specific, as he is about everything, but I found that to be intriguing and helpful as an actor. He has this very fatherly relationship with Rose when she doesn't really have a lot of people like that in her life. Was that something you actively worked to build with Kate? No, it was completely spontaneous. Listen, I was in the presence of some of the greatest actors in the cinema, Leonardo and Kate were two of them. All I had to do was be present, and they gave me everything I needed, and I hopefully did the same to them. Kate and Leo were extraordinary, and they were in the early parts of their career. It's my good luck to work with great actors because that just makes me better and it makes me look better. In a script full of infinitely quotable lines, you have two of them. The first one is, "It's made of iron, sir, I assure you she can and she will." How did you find the right delivery for that? I didn't think of it as one of those lines that people would still be quoting. I knew it was obviously significant, and I didn't have that many lines, actually. It's a small part, but I knew that was a major moment. James directed me, and we did as many takes as he needed until he thought, "Okay, I have it." That's what acting on film is like. You can do it in any number of ways, and hopefully, you're in the right ballpark. It was an ominous and terrifying observation that he was presenting, and I just had to believe what I was saying. Then you have this really touching goodbye scene with Rose, and "I'm sorry I didn't build you a stronger ship." Tell me more about finding the headspace for that moment, because there's all this guilt and things running through your head, but you don't want to over egg it in a sense. What you're asking me is how I act. [Laughs] And I don't really have an answer for you other than all I had to do was look in her eyes and listen to what she was asking. And all of that just happened. It's really in that moment with the actor you're working with, that's when it happens. Sometimes I've had to manufacture it for myself because I was not getting anything from the actor I was working with, but certainly not in this case. Kate is one of the greats. Probably the most memorable shot is you leaning against the mantel with the clock as the boat starts to tilt. What was involved in shooting that? In a funny way, it was a little bit Mickey Mouse, because someone was literally holding my coat so I could lean forward without falling over. There was a grip behind me, holding my top coat, so I could look like I was on a tilt, which I wasn't. We were in a studio and things were moving, and they were on wires. So, I was watching all of this happen. When I set the time on the clock, which I know was a very poignant part of the movie, and I knew it was a very beautiful moment, but that was humorous because it was so not high-tech. The grips were hanging on to me, and I was hoping that I wouldn't fall over. Obviously, a lot of people had to get in the tank and the water. Did you have to do much of that? I never touched water I'm happy to say. Nobody believes me, but it's true. I think I was one of the only people on the set that didn't actually get wet. When you signed on or during the making of it, did you have any sense of how huge Titanic would be? I knew it was James Cameron, and he was known for doing extravagant and technically brilliant movies. Nobody really knew. We were worried we'd be another Waterworld that had all the hype and then doesn't work, because you don't know when you're shooting. I was there for months and it was rare that we got more than one or one and a half scenes a day. Most of the time, I sat around waiting to go on and didn't go on. It was a lot of that. It does sort of take the wind out of your sails, literally. But then I saw the premiere and I thought, "Oh my God, I'm in a classic movie." I couldn't believe it when I finally saw it. Did you have any scenes that were cut that you wish made it in? Oh, God, I certainly don't remember. I think they wanted to get an establishing shot of me when the boat hit or something. But it was a shot that never happened. I had to wait around and we finally did that, but it never got in the movie. I didn't really care. What I did care about was having to wait around to do it. But when I saw the movie, I couldn't believe what I was watching. I couldn't believe what James Cameron achieved and what everybody involved in the movie achieved. I never had any idea of the magnitude of what it would be when sitting in a theater. With so much waiting and downtime on set, what did you do to fill the hours? I hung out with some of the older actors, David Warner and Jonathan Hyde and Bernard Hill, and we played Scrabble. We sat in the dressing room for hours and hours and played Scrabble. We were shooting mostly nights. So, we'd go into makeup and hair around 4 PM, and if you were lucky, if you were in the first scene, you might get on the set. But sometimes they took so long that you didn't make it on and were sent home. But you're in costume, you're in hair and make-up, in the dressing room waiting. Cause if you're needed, you better get there fast. It was at least a month of that. I haven't looked at a Scrabble board since then, because I was so played out. But it saved us. Who was the best at it? You? No, Jonathan Hyde was, and Bernard was also. I had my moments, but they weren't consistent. Source

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So happy for her 😍 Rihanna is pregnant again, rep says after Super Bowl show GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Rihanna was pregnant with her second child as she performed her Super Bowl halftime show Sunday. The singer’s representative confirmed the pregnancy shortly after she ended her 13-minute set at Super Bowl 57. She hovered high at times as she performed a number of hits including “We Found Love,” “Diamonds” and “Work” during a halftime break between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The baby bump that was visible in the tight clothes she wore under her baggy red jumpsuit set off a wave of social media speculation that she might be pregnant again. Rihanna, 34, has a 9-month-old son with rapper A$AP Rocky. Source

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL forever Leonardo DiCaprio’s Biggest Adaptation Is A Streaming Hit Leonardo DiCaprio's The Great Gatsby is top 10 on HBO Max this week. These days, the internet has been putting Leonardo DiCaprio on blast for the growingly-creepy age gap between himself and his girlfriends. But that hasn’t kept his films from being major streaming hits, especially this week. For example, DiCaprio’s ambitious 2013 adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is now in the HBO Max Top 10 for this week. (...) Perhaps the best reason to stream the movie on HBO Max, is that Leonardo DiCaprio is perfectly cast as the titular Jay Gatsby: in the original book, Gatsby is effectively new money, and he loves to flaunt it by throwing lavish parties and generally indulging himself. Seeing DiCaprio (an actor that we watched become rich and famous before our eyes) bring these literary parties to life, it’s almost impossible not to think of the actor’s own history of raucous partying, including a birthday party where he left a club with no less than 20 women and multiple insane parties in Sydney, the very location where The Great Gatsby was filmed. In short, seeing DiCaprio play someone whose love of decadent parties is exceeded only by his habit of wanting relationships with the wrong women is like seeing the ultimate method actor at the height of his powers. Source

I LOVE 10 Things I hate about you (even though I would say it's carried by Heath Ledger). I saw it a trillion times. Then of course Inception even though it never was one of my favorites and it's clearly a "Leo movie" for me. Movies where really Joseph is the center of the story I liked are The Lookout, Don Jon (even though I saw it only once) and Looper (but again it's not a movie I saw more than once). I also liked Snowden (saw it once LOL). Alltogether I wouldn't say he's a very memorable actor nor are his movies. But he seems like a chilled guy.

Predicts were Titanic would made between 10-15 millions over the weekend. Well it's a bit more actually. It even managed to beat Magic Mike 3 globally. Haters must pee their pants right now 'Titanic's 25th Anniversary Re-Release Sets Sail With $22.3 Million at the Global Box Office James Cameron's epic romance is still stealing hearts after a quarter of a century and raking in millions of dollars at the box office. It may be about to be overtaken as the third-highest-grossing film of all time by Avatar: The Way of Water, but James Cameron has sent a box office lifeboat for his 1997 crown jewel, Titanic in the wake of its 25th-anniversary re-release. 111 years on from the doomed sailing of the luxury cruise liner, the RMS Titanic is still very much in the public consciousness. The hype over Cameron's film, which made stars of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, feels like it never really went away, with each new generation finding something to identify with, to argue over, to admire, and to love—be it Kate and Leo's lifelong friendship, accompanying each other as dates two decades later to awards shows, or even arguments about how many people can actually fit on a damned wardrobe door. (...) Ever the old romantic, and never one to shy away from the chance to try out some new technology, Cameron chose Valentine's Day week to mark the 25th-anniversary release of his Academy Award-winning magnum opus, bolstered by some 4K high frame rate technology, as well as a new IMAX remastering. James Cameron Still Rules the Box Office Perhaps bolstered by the presence of his latest film, The Way of Water, in cinemas, the decision to bring Titanic back to screens has been a safe and a smart one. While Magic Mike's Last Dance took the top spot at the domestic box office for the weekend, globally it only took third place with $18.6 million. The Way of Water continued, for its ninth consecutive week, to top the global box office with a $25.8 million gross while Titanic's re-release added another $22.3 million to its quarter-century accumulation. The two films are expected to swap places in the coming days on the all-time charts—Titanic sits at $2.217 billion and The Way of Water currently at $2.213 billion. That said, the appeal Titanic continues to hold in the imagination of the public is all the more remarkable given the initial belief that it was Cameron's folly. The most expensive film of all time when released, Cameron admitted he had already come to terms with the fact he would "lose the studio $100 million." However, a combination of groundbreaking visual effects, terrific leading performances from his young stars, and old-fashioned disaster proved an immense hit with audiences, who continued to see the film for months after its release. Just like Jack and Rose, it seems like audiences who journey about Titanic will never let go. Source ‘Avatar 2’ Tops $2.21B Global As ‘Titanic’ Resurfaces & Retains No. 3 Berth On All-Time WW Chart, For Now – International Box Office UPDATE, writethru: The latest rerelease of James Cameron’s Titanic 3D has buoyed the big boat movie to $2.217B globally, meaning it still stands as the No. 3 worldwide release of all time. Right in its wake, Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has now reached $2,213.5M, still the fourth biggest movie ever and less than $4M from Titanic through Sunday. It will overtake Titanic, it’s just a matter of when. Last session, Way of Water had cruised past Titanic internationally for the No. 3 spot of all time overseas, and holds onto that crown after this weekend with $1.567B through Sunday. Either way, Cameron was indeed king of the (box office) world this frame, with $22.3M from the Titanic reissue (Paramount has domestic and Disney overseas) as well as $25.8M for 20th Century Studios/Disney’s Way of Water. (...) Meanwhile, Titanic rode a new 3D wave a little over 25 years after it first premiered. The international portion of the session was $15.9M from 51 markets, including No. 1s in Italy, Belgium, Bosnia, Slovenia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bolivia, Ecuador and Central America. Elsewhere, it debuted in the Top 4 in many markets including Korea, Japan, India, Spain, Mexico, the UK, Australia, France, Germany and Brazil. The Top 5 booking passage were Korea ($2.5M), France ($1.6M), Mexico ($1.2M), UK ($1M) and Japan ($1M). IMAX generated $2M globally, including $1.6M from offshore. Source

Here in germany it's 2 weeks but I also think it depends on the cinemas. Some show it shorter, or just for one day or even not at all.

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^oh my that good huh? 🤪

^ At least for Leo probably not so much for the new victim lol

^Is he that bad? Don't really know the dude.

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Watched Bullet Train last night. It's so damn good. The ending was a bit CGI over the top but still. Great cast. Also great soundtrack.

Titanic is the #1 movie all over again just saying. This is how Leos star power still looks like in real life. He's bond with peoples life since 25 years. It's nothing some internet trolls can just "cancel" especially not for such silly reasons. https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/a0a051ziz48267spos748z2v7adan3

How is this less than amazing??? James Cameron’s ‘Titanic’ Tops The Weekend Box-Office, 25 Years Later If any filmmaker had “Titanic” on their resume then it would probably be the best film they’ve ever made. But not James Cameron. It’s probably his third or fourth best movie after “Aliens,” “The Terminator” and “T2: Judgement Day.” And so, 25 years on, “Titanic” is still a great movie, one of Cameron’s several $2 billion-grossing blockbusters, and it was re-released in 2,400 Imax screens this weekend. Here is the brand new trailer. What’s even more impressive is that “Titanic” made almost $2.8 million on Friday. It will win the weekend with a $10 million opening. Incredible. This is a movie topping the box-office, again, 25 years later. As big of a hit as ‘The Way of Water’ is at the moment, “Titanic” actually sold three times more tickets. It really was this unprecedented phenomenon that hasn’t been duplicated since. No movie has come close to the sheer passionate turnout and response “Titanic” received from movie audiences in late 1997/early 1998. Not a coincidence this re-release is occurring on Valentine’s Day weekend. It’s also going to sport a 3D 4K HDR and high-frame-rate transfer of the film. I’m very much tempted to go check it out, but look at that running time: 3 hours and 16 minutes. Released in 1997, “Titanic” broke box-office records left and right. Leonardo DiCaprio became a major star because of it, ditto breakout Kate Winslet. The film would go on to win 11 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Yes, Cameron’s penchant for tin-eared dialogue was still very much present (“I’ll never let go, Jack”) but this was such a movie-movie, a spectacle of the highest order that only a filmmaker of Cameron’s calibre could conceive. The visuals still take your breath away and the story being told is utterly engrossing. You get swept up by the whole thing. Source Titanic Set to Be First Re-Release in 25 Years to Top Box Office James Cameron is about to make waves at the box office again as Titanic looks to take the #1 spot 25 years after its original release. James Cameron is already dominating the box office thanks to Avatar: The Way of Water, but the director can add yet another accolade to his ever-growing list. Titanic has been re-released in cinemas to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the film’s original release back in 1997. In many ways, it is therefore ironic that at the same time, Titanic has been knocked from its position as the third highest-grossing movie of all time, and the film could be heading back to the top of the box office. That would make Titanic the first movie in 25 years to hit the #1 spot as a re-release, the last being the Star Wars special editions, which coincidentally happened in the same year as Titanic’s first round of box office success. According to figures from Box Office Mojo, Titanic has already managed to lead the pack on Friday, beating out last week’s chart champ Knock at the Cabin and the mighty Avatar: The Way of Water, whose audience-pulling power is finally starting to wane. If Titanic can pull in around $10 million over the weekend, it would easily end up claiming the weekend box office for one week before the release of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania next weekend. While a $10 million box office is not by any means ground-breaking, the achievement would once again remind people that James Cameron movies are not just one-time viewing experiences. Clearly, audiences are happy to return to theaters to see the director’s older movies on the big screen. Source Titanic Box Office Could Be The First Re-Release To Top Chart In 25 Years The Titanic re-release is poised to take #1 this weekend, which would make it the first of its kind to hit that benchmark in over 25 years. Titanic could very well become the first reissue to reach No. 1 in over 25 years. The film, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, is still the third highest-grossing film of all time in the worldwide box office, though it will likely soon be surpassed by 2022's Avatar: The Way of Water as it continues to climb the charts. Through its combination of sweeping romance and disaster movie thrills, Titanic also won Best Picture and 10 other Oscars in addition to its commercial success. Per IndieWire, Titanic is in contention to take No.1 at the domestic box office this weekend. All it will need in order to dominate the sleepy Super Bowl weekend is about $10 million. If it can accomplish this, it will become the first reissue to hit No. 1 since the Star Wars special editions back in 1997, the same year Titanic originally premiered. Source Its heart still goes on — ‘Titanic’ leads box office 25 years after debut It will never let go. The re-release of “Titanic” was unsinkable at the box office, earning $2.72 million on its opening night Friday, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. The James Cameron-helmed epic is projected to cruise into a $15 million domestic weekend, according to Forbes. Paramount brought the 1998 Oscar winner back in 4K 3D to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Prior to the re-release, Titanic was eighth on the all-time top box office list. Source

People celebrating Titanic (and Leo) in a time some people claim there's nothing left to celebrate about Leo. Well just open your eyes and see what he meant to people 👀💙 More!

You guys want something positive regarding Leo? Well look under the current #titanic tag (on insta). There are tons of such posts right now. People all ages expressing their love and joy for this movie and for Leo from all over the world. Not one single ugly word. People love Titanic and they love Leo. Do you guys really believe those real people -and not just some faceless bitter internet clowns- care for Leos love life one bit? lol I mean just look at all the happy faces 😃 This is how Leo will be remembered. As a great actor with great movies who gave people lots of great memories. Maybe some of you here should also go into the cinema and remind yourself why you became Leo fans in the first place 😉

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^the comments on daily fail actually aren't good since I don't know always lol

^Even my parents will watch Titanic this time in cinema... the first time since 1998. I think my dad is kinda excited to see it in 4K 3D because he really likes to watch his movies in 4K. It's like watching a movie for the first time he never gets tired to tell me lol