James Cameron, director of one of the most famous films of all time, Titanic, has never stopped supporting his decision to let the film’s hero, namely Leonardo DiCaprio, die in the icy waters of the North Atlantic, although from time to time many have mentioned that his co-star Kate Winslet could make room in her “lifeline” for the film.

“He should have died,” the director even said to a journalist’s question.

The death of Jack Dawson remains a point of contention for many fans of the cult film who refuse to acknowledge that the dramatic twist made it so successful.

So the director decided to answer the “eternal” question.

Did Jack fit on the wooden plank with Rose?

The recent National Geographic documentary Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron celebrates the award-winning film with a scientific study by the director himself that simulates the conditions Jack and Rose would have experienced on the night of April 15, 1912. if they shared the board.

With the help of a university laboratory specializing in the effects of cold on the human body, Cameron created a replica of the board from the film and hired two stuntmen who were the same age, height and weight as the main characters.

The stuntmen with sensors all over their bodies and wearing the same clothes performed three experiments.

They fit on the board

The first time they both got on the board and they both really fit together. However, their combined weight ended up submerging the board in icy water, killing them both.

In the second experiment, the couple leaned on a board above the waist, thereby protecting their hearts from the icy ocean water.

However, in this case, James Cameron had objections to this procedure, arguing that Jack and Rose were so exhausted from trying to survive the crash that they would not stay that way for long.

In the third scenario, Rose gives her life jacket to Jack and then climbs onto the board herself. This option could save the life of the protagonist for at least a few hours.

“Perhaps he could have done it,” the director admitted in this test, but stressed that there are many variables.

“Jack loved Rose so much that he wouldn’t do anything to put Rose in danger. So I think the “real” Jack might not have accepted the lifeline,” Cameron says.

Source: El Pais