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Guess which actor almost played Jack in Titanic

It's been 20 years since the release of Titanic, and now Kate Winslet has released Leonardo DiCaprio wasn't always in line to play her star-crossed lover Jack Dawson.

That's right, there was someone else who could have been "King of the world", with the 42-year-old actress, who played Rose DeWitt Bukator in the 1997 flick revealing she auditioned with none other than Matthew McConaughey.

"I auditioned with Matthew, isn’t that weird?" Winslet told The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Kate Winslet has revealed she nearly didn't star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic. Pictured here at the 2016 Academy Awards. Source: Getty
Kate Winslet has revealed she nearly didn't star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic. Pictured here at the 2016 Academy Awards. Source: Getty
Matthew McConaughey was in line for the role of Jack Dawson. Source: Getty
Matthew McConaughey was in line for the role of Jack Dawson. Source: Getty

"Never said that in public before. I auditioned with Matthew, which was completely fantastic... It just wouldn’t have been the whole, Jack and Rose, Kate and Leo thing."

And to that we say...

Kate and Leo are iconic in Titanic. We can't picture as anyone else. Source: 20th Century Fox/Paramount Pictures
Kate and Leo are iconic in Titanic. We can't picture as anyone else. Source: 20th Century Fox/Paramount Pictures
Leo or Matthew? The photoshopping is flawless. Source: 20th Century Fox/Paramount Pictures
Leo or Matthew? The photoshopping is flawless. Source: 20th Century Fox/Paramount Pictures


And while it might be hard to think of Jack as anyone other than Leo, we have James Cameron to thank, with the director wanting the star for the role, despite movie studio Paramount Pictures having a preference towards Matthew.

Kate also joked about one of the film's most-talked about points - whether or not Jack would have fit on the door after the ship sank.

Admitting she "totally lied" to Leo's character, the actress added "he just should have tried harder to get on that door... Because I think we would have (fit)!"

While we missed out on seeing Matthew as Jack, at least we will always have this Magic Mike moment.

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