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The iceberg gets too much credit for the sinking of the famous ship, according to some theories_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 6, 2018 10:04 PM UTC The iceberg gets too much credit for the sinking of the famous ship, according to some theories  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 6, 2018 10:04 PM UTC If [Matthew McConaughey](http://time.com/5392960/matthew-mcconaughey-on-jimmy-fallon/) had gotten his way, moviegoers would’ve been mourning a very different Jack at the end of [_Titanic_](http://time.com/5068748/titanic-movie-20th-anniversary-review/). During an appearance on Saturday’s episode of [_The Hollywood Reporter_](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/awards-chatter-podcast-matthew-mcconaughey-white-boy-rick-1148521)[‘s](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/awards-chatter-podcast-matthew-mcconaughey-white-boy-rick-1148521) _Awards Chatter_ podcast, the 49-year-old actor revealed that he had gone out for the lead role in James Cameron’s 1998 Best Picture winner—and even thought he was a shoe-in—but ultimately lost out on the part to Leonardo DiCaprio. “I wanted that,” he said. “I auditioned with Kate Winslet. Had a good audition. Walked away from there pretty confident that I had it. I didn’t get it. I never got offered that.” But it seems like McConaughey ultimately wasn’t too fazed by by the missed opportunity because he got to keep living it up while starring in high-paying rom-coms. “I was also living on a beach and going out without my shirt on, just like I did before I was famous,” he said of his life during that time_. “_I was living a romantic comedy.” ## Transcript [00:53] [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5446488/matthew-mcconaughey-titanic/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5446488/matthew-mcconaughey-titanic/"},"headline":"This Actor Really Thought He Landed Leonardo DiCaprio's Part in Titanic","datePublished":"2018-11-06T22:04:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-13T08:05:21.350Z","description":"The king of the world who could've been","url":"https://time.com/5446488/matthew-mcconaughey-titanic/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","titanic","Leonardo DiCaprio","Matthew McConaughey"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7a3ebe43f285f28/6988dd47e76ad2536f62f192/screen-shot-2017-09-11-at-3-25-51-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7a3ebe43f285f28/6988dd47e76ad2536f62f192/screen-shot-2017-09-11-at-3-25-51-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Titanic-Kate-Winslet-Leonardo-Dicaprio","caption":"Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio dancing in a scene from Titanic","creditText":"20th Century-Fox/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5446488/matthew-mcconaughey-titanic/","name":"This Actor Really Thought He Landed Leonardo DiCaprio's Part in Titanic"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Did a Fire Sink the Titanic? 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