https://www.slashfilm.com/1571085/leonardo-dicaprio-questioned-classic-titanic-line/
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Titanic
Nathanred — 1 year ago(May 19, 2024 12:14 PM)
https://www.slashfilm.com/1571085/leonardo-dicaprio-questioned-classic-titanic-line/
Despite that line being synonymous with "Titanic," it wasn't in Cameron's original script. In a 2019 interview with BBC Radio 1's Ali Plumb, Cameron explained that when he came up with it in the spur of the moment, his lead actor was initially hesitant about saying the line.
"It was made up on the spot. I was in a crane basket, and we were losing the light, and we had tried this and tried that, and we'd tried this line and that line, and nothing was really working. And I literally was just coming up snake eyes, and I said, 'All right. I got one for you. Just say, I'm the king of the world, and just spread your arms out wide and just be in the moment, and just love it and celebrate the moment.'"
"[DiCaprio] goes, 'What?!' I'm getting this over the walkie talkie. 'What?!' I said, 'I'm the king of the world, just say I'm the king of the world. But you've gotta sell it.' And he goes, 'What?!' I said, 'Just f***ing sell it!' So then he gets up there, and [says it]."