It has been 19 years since Titanic hit the big screen and introduced us to Jack and Rose, played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Now co-star Billy Zane, who played Rose’s fiancé Cal Hockley, had some things to say about his character.
For those who saw the film, you know Cal was the antagonist of the film and survived the sinking by basically grabbing a child and getting into the lifeboat. Well apparently Zane felt his character was redeemed in the end and should have gotten with Rose.
In an interview on Today, Zane said his character was “misunderstood.”
“I think he found redemption by the end and I wish he had found her on the Carpathia and was able to right his wrongs.” Maybe he did. By the way, did that little girl’s parents survive?
While Rose chose Jack, he ended up dying in the frigid ocean and she married someone else. Plus, Cal killed himself after the Stock Market Crash according to Old Rose. So it would have been a short-lived reunion. But at least one person wishes Cal had gotten the girl in the end.
We don’t know Winslet’s thoughts on the matter, but she believed it was likely Jack could have survived.
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