Kate Winslet Reveals the Water inTitanic’s Infamous ‘Door Scene’ Was Only 'Waist High': 'Leo Was Kneeling'

Mar. 15, 2025

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in ‘Titanic’.Photo: 20th Century Fox/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock

Kate Winsletis revealing an interesting fact about thatTitanicdoor scene.

During a92nd Street Y Q&A at an advance screening of her upcoming movieLeeon Monday, Sept. 23 in New York City, theinfamous door momentin the 1997 film came up in conversation yet again.

It’s been a debate for years whetherLeonardo DiCaprio’sJack Dawsoncould havefit on the piece of floating balsa woodnext toWinslet’s Rose Dewitt Bukaterafter the ship sank.

As Winslet, 48, spoke to Josh Horowitz at Monday’s event, she also revealed that the water wasn’t anywhere near as deep as it looked on screen, adding that it was very simple for her to get in and out of the tank to go to the bathroom while filming.

Kate Winslet at her The 92nd Street Y talk for ‘Lee’ in N.Y.C. on Sept. 23, 2024.Michael Priest Photography

Michael Priest Photography

Admitting DiCaprio, 49, has probably “got PTSD” from being asked about the viral door moment so many times, Winslet said of shooting the scene, “Well that was quite an awkward tank … because to burst the bubble, it was waist height at that time.”

“So first of all, I was regularly like, ‘Can I just go for a pee?’ And then I get up, get off the door, walk to the edge of the tank, sort of 20 feet away and I literally have to fling my leg over and climb up and come and get back on the door again. It’s terrible,” she added at N.Y.C’s Kaufmann Concert Hall.

Kate Winslet with moderator Josh Horowitz at The 92nd Street Y in N.Y.C. on Sept. 23, 2024.Michael Priest Photography

“Anyway, yeah. So it was waist-high. Leo, I’m afraid to say was kneeling down. I shouldn’t be saying anyways, Jimmy Cameron’s gonna be ringing me,” Winslet joked of possibly receiving a telling off from directorJames Cameronfor revealing the secrets to the film.

Winslet shared that the tank where they filmed was an infinity tank.

“So there was constant water rushing and you could hear the constant sound of water,“The Holidaystar continued, adding that everybody is “entirely looped” in with “the last 22 minutes” of the movie “because you can hear this water noise the whole time.”

Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio and James Cameron filming ‘Titanic’.20th Century Fox/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock

20th Century Fox/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock

Elsewhere in the chat, Winslet recalled sneaking into a movie theater in N.Y.C. to seeTitanicfor the first time with two friends.

“When it premiered in London, I was really unwell. I had terrible food poisoning and I was actually in hospital in London, really weird. And then when it came out in the U.S. actually I was at the funeral of a boyfriend,” the British star explained.

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“I mean, it’s a horrible thing to even think about now. And obviously I wasn’t gonna miss that, so I sort of missed everything around the release ofTitanic, which I don’t know, is that the universe’s way of protecting me or just reminding me to do the things that matter?” she added, describing it as “quite strange” to be in a “packed theater” watching the film like that.

“I felt like I had to look a certain way, or be a certain thing, and because media intrusion was so significant at that time, my life was quite unpleasant,” Winslet shared.

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However, the Academy Award winner insisted, “It’s not a burden, any of it,” adding: “[Titanic] continues to bring people huge amounts of joy. The only time I am like, ‘Oh God, hide,' is if we are on a boat somewhere.”

Winslet’s new movieLeeis in theaters Sept. 27.

source: people.com