Titanic: The Character Robert De Niro Almost Played (& Why He Didn't)
Titanic had some big names in its cast, but it almost had Robert De Niro in it as he was set to play one minor but important character, but ultimately dropped out – here’s what happened and who he was going to play. While James Cameron is often associated with sci-fi projects thanks to movies like The Terminator and Avatar, one of his biggest and most memorable projects was far from that realm: Titanic, a disaster drama movie released in 1997 and which at the time was the most expensive movie ever made.