Titanic and the making of James Cameron

Hi guys! I'm back and yet again I have another secondary resource.  I found this book in the Cambridgeshire Library.  This source made me think of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet because the pages are talking about Cameron thinking about cast and Winslet's audition in LA.

Source: Paula Parisi, Titanic and the making of James Cameron, 1998, UK and pages 95 -99.

Front cover

Quote: "James Cameron was reluctant to even consider either Kate Winslet for the part of Rose or Leonardo DiCaprio for Jack"

• This quote shows us that James Cameron was very certain, that when he started planning the film, he wanted Winslet and DiCaprio as the leads.  This shows us that Cameron thought that DiCaprio and Winslet were very good young actors and this was at the start of Winslet's acting career. 

Quote: "You've proven that you can do the American accent, now act the same scene for me without thinking about that"

• This quote is about Kate Winslet.  This is because Winslet is a British actress so in Titanic her character (Rose) was American so she needed to act out an American accent.  When Titanic   3-D was released, Winslet said in one interview that she was embarrassed by her performance in Titanic and she can't stand hearing her American accent in it.  This shows us she has improved her acting skills and she said hopefully her American accent is a lot better now than the one she did in 1997.

Quote: "Yet DiCaprio, like Winslet, had also accumulated an impressive resume of characters"

• This quote made me think of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.  This is because James Cameron (the director of Titanic and who said this quote) is saying that both DiCaprio and Winslet are very good actors.  Also, it shows us that Cameron also thought that DiCaprio and Winslet are very good at performing different characters for different types of films.