Titanic fans are just discovering hit movie’s alternate ending – and their reactions say it all
TITANIC fans have discovered its alternate ending – and were left saying it’s ‘like a parody’.
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, James Cameron‘s classic movie premiered almost three decades ago.
Throughout the movie, an elder Rose (Gloria Stuart) is aboard a boat searching for a valuable necklace called the Heart of the Ocean.
A final plot twist revealed she had the jewellery all along, but ultimately threw it into the ocean.
In the viral deleted scene, Rose nears the edge of the ship while holding the necklace.
Her granddaughter Lizzy (Suzy Amis) and treasure hunter Brock Lovett (Bill Paxton) – whom she’s been telling her story to – rush over, afraid she might jump.
Warning the pair not to come closer, she threatens to toss the Heart of the Ocean overboard if they do.
Lovett begs Rose not to do so – and asks her to let him hold the jewellery just once.
She replied: “You look for treasure in the wrong places, Mr Lovett.
“Only life is priceless and making each day count.”
Taking the necklace back, she then throws it overboard.
After seeing the jewellery‘s fate, Lovett’s partner Lewis Bodine (Lewis Abernathy) runs over and shouts: “That really sucks, lady!”
Viewers made their thoughts abundantly clear, as they took to X, formerly Twitter.
One wrote: “The alternate ending to Titanic is hilarious. This would have absolutely ruined the film for me.”
Another added: “‘I wish I never saw this. This is so bad it’s like a parody”.
While a third chimed in: “This cannot be real.”
Titanic facts - cast, awards, box office numbers
In December 1997, the world first saw James Cameron's multi Oscar-winning film Titanic. Here are some facts about the blockbuster epic.
The film’s all star cast includes:
- Leonardo DiCaprio (Jack Dawson)
- Kate Winslet (Rose DeWitt Bukater)
- Billy Zane (Cal Hockley)
- Gloria Stuart (Older Rose)
- Frances Fisher (Ruth DeWitt Bukater)
- Danny Nucci (Fabrizio De Rossi)
- Bernard Hill (Captain Edward John Smith – a real life figure)
- Bill Paxton (Brock Lovett)
- Kathy Bates (Margaret “Molly” Brown – a real life figure)
Titanic was nominated for a total of 14 Academy Awards. It went on to win 11, including for Best Picture and Best Director.
The film had a production budget of $200million and ultimately grossed $2.264billion.
A fourth wrote: “I was really hoping he was gonna grab the necklace and shove her off.
“I don’t even remember what the real ending was.”
With a production budget of $200million, Titanic was the most expensive film ever made at the time.
After its December 1997 release, the movie went on to win 11 Academy Awards.