James Cameron Directed The Titanic, Starring Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet(Photo Credit –Instagram/imdb)

Advertisement

The biggest news of the week and the most tragic one is the vanishing of the submarine that was carrying a group of 5 billionaires, all of which were on a tour to see the Titanic wreckage. The drowned cruise that claimed the lives of many sits at the bottom of the ocean, miles away from the shore, for more than a century now. The rescue operation is on, and each minute is of absolute importance. But did you know that even James Cameron, who made a cult movie about the tragic cruise accident, was stuck under the ocean for 16 hours when he went to see the wreckage?

Titanic, released on December 19, 1997, was a fictional account set in front of the backdrop of the iceberg crash of the cruise that took many lives. The movie starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack and Kate Winslet as Rose and is, to date, one of the most revered movies in world cinema. Cameron had literally immersed himself in making the movie.

As per reports from then, even James Cameron paid many visits to the Titanic wreckage that sits at the bottom of the ocean. The filmmaker was, of course, doing recce for his Magnum Opus. But in one of the visits, unfortunately, he faced a fatal accident that led to him being stranded underwater straight for 16 hours. Read on to know everything you should about the same.

Advertisement