Titanic was one of the most iconic films ever made by director James Cameron. The film featured Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in the lead roles. The movie was a massive box-office hit and became the highest-grossing film of the year. It also uplifted the career of the two actors and made them megastars. However, things could have gone south because of an angry crew member.
Reportedly, an angry crew member had drugged the respected director James Cameron while shooting for the epic romance film.
James Cameron was reportedly drugged on Leonardo DiCaprio’s Titanic sets
The incident has been one of the most popular ones from the production of the film Titanic. As per the reports, on the final day of shooting for Titanic in Dartmouth, dozens of the film’s cast and crew were drugged with PCP-spiked chowder.
Cameron confirmed the story in an interview with Powder at the 25th anniversary of the film,
“This is a 100 percent true story. You haven’t lived until you’ve been high on PCP, which by the way, I do not recommend to anyone.”
A vengeful crew member had laced a batch of soup with PCP (a mind-altering drug), which led to the hospitalization of around 50 crew members.
Director Cameron managed to vomit the soup out of his system before the drug could affect him severely. One of the actors recalled how the director looked after the incident.
“I was just shocked at the way he looked. One eye was completely red, like the Terminator’s eye. A pupil, no iris, beet red. The other eye looked like he’d been sniffing glue since he was four.”
PCP is a mind-altering drug that can cause hallucinations and psychosis.
James Cameron was once the scariest man in Hollywood
As per reports, the cause of such an uneventful situation may have been the temper of the director. At the time, the director was considered the scariest man in Hollywood. It was evident on the sets of Titanic, where he was seen screaming and shouting at others.
Bill Paxton, who played a prominent role in the film and was a friend of Cameron, shared he wasn’t particularly surprised that someone was angry with the director. He said,
“There were a lot of disgruntled people on the set. Jim is not one of those guys who has the time to win hearts and minds.”
Winslet reported said that she was genuinely frightened of director James Cameron. In an interview with the LA Times, she said,
“He has a temper like you wouldn’t believe.”
After Titanic, Kate Winslet said she would never work with James Cameron again. However, after several years Kate Winslet collaborated with the director on the blockbuster sci-fi sequel, Avatar 2 in 2022, which became the highest-grossing movie ever.
Avatar fame Cameron does not worry about making people angry. He said,
“Filmmaking is war. A great battle between business and aesthetics.”
Titanic was released in 1997 and is available to buy or rent on Amazon Prime.
Also read- James Cameron Becomes the First Director Ever to Have 3 Films Gross Over $1.5 Billion Worldwide
Source- The Digital Fix
