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Jennifer Aniston
Aniston was considered for the role of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Gabrielle Anwar
Gabrielle Anwar turned down the lead role because she didn't like the script.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Christina Applegate
Christina Applegate auditioned to play Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Rosanna Arquette
Tested for the role of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Christian Bale
Christian Bale auditioned for the role of Jack, but James Cameron didn't want two British actors playing the lead roles of two Americans.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo DiCaprio

Drew Barrymore
James Cameron wanted Drew Barrymore for the role but she told that she would be miscast.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Michael Biehn
Michael Biehn was considered for the role of Cal
Actor who got the part: Billy Zane

Rose Byrne
Rose Byrne auditioned to play Rose DeWitt-Bukater.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Gabrielle Carteris
Gabrielle Carteris was considered for the role of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Marguerite Chapman
Marguerite Chapman was asked to audition for the part of Rose, but was too ill to work.
Actor who got the part: Gloria Stuart

Holly Marie Combs
Holly Marie Combs auditioned to play Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Jennifer Connelly
Jennifer Connelly auditioned to play Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Billy Crudup
Supposedly turned down an audition because he didn't want to accept the super-stardom that would come with such a high profile project.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo DiCaprio

Macaulay Culkin
Macaulay Culkin was apparently one of many actors considered for the lead role of Jack Dawson.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo DiCaprio

Claire Danes
Claire Danes auditioned for the role of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Geena Davis
Offered the role of "Rose DeWitt Butaker" in the James Cameron's box-office blockbuster.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Johnny Depp
In a phone interview on the Howard Stern show, Johnny Depp would not say which films he has turned down, but Howard Stern reportedly got him to admit that he "labored" through the Titanic script.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo DiCaprio

Amanda Donohoe
Considered for the role of "Rose DeWitt Bukater".
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Stephen Dorff
Dorff was considered for the role of Jack.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo DiCaprio

Minnie Driver
Minnie Driver was considered for the lead role, but wasn't chosen for being "too old".
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Eliza Dushku
Came very close to get the role of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Claire Forlani
Screen-tested for the role of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Maggie Gyllenhaal
Maggie Gyllenhaal was considered to play Rose DeWitt-Bukater.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Linda Hamilton
Linda Hamilton was rumoured to play the part of Molly Brown, as James Cameron was dating her at the time.
Actor who got the part: Kathy Bates

Sally Hawkins
Sally Hawkins turned down the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Amelia Heinle
Amelia Heinle was considered for the role of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Natasha Henstridge
Natasha Henstridge auditioned for the part of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Eva Herzigova
The Czech-born top model was a candidate to play the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie auditioned for the role of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Milla Jovovich
Milla Jovovich auditioned for the role of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman declined the role of Rose DeWitt.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Alison King
Alison King was tested for the role of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Jordan Ladd
Jordan Ladd auditioned to play Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Robyn Lively
Robyn Lively auditioned to play the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Rob Lowe
Lowe lost out to Billy Zane for the role in Titanic.
Actor who got the part: Billy Zane

Carey Lowell
Carey Lowell was considered for the role of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Madonna
Auditioned for the role of Rose, but was considered too old.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau was considered to play Rose DeWitt Bukater.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Matthew McConaughey
The studios wanted Matthew McConaughey for the role of Jack, but director James Cameron insisted on having Leonardo DiCaprio.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo Dicaprio

Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire actually accepted but then backed out of the role of the unsinkable Molly Brown due to schedule conflicts.

Penelope Ann Miller
Penelope Ann Miller lobbied for the role of Rose, but James Cameron felt she was too old.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Michelle Monaghan
Michelle Monaghan screen tested for the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Emily Mortimer
Emily Mortimer was considered to play the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Thandie Newton
Thandie Newton tested to play the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Chris O'Donnell
Considered for the lead role of Jack Dawson.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo DiCaprio

Gwyneth Paltrow
The part of Rose was originally offered to Gwyneth Paltrow.

River Phoenix
Cameron admitted in an interview in 1998 that he 'always admired Phoenix' and would have condsiered him for the role.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo DiCaprio

Brad Pitt
Supposedly considered for the lead role of Jack Dawson.
Actor who got the part: Leonardo DiCaprio

Joely Richardson
Joely Richardson was considered for the part of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Keri Russell
Keri Russell was considered to play Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Jeri Ryan
Jeri Ryan auditioned to play Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder auditioned for the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Nicollette Sheridan
Nicollette Sheridan was considered for the role of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Ione Skye
Auditioned for the role of Rose DeWitt Bukater.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Tori Spelling
Tori Spelling was considered to play Rose DeWitt Bukater.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand was considered for the role of Molly Brown.
Actor who got the part: Kathy Bates

Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron read for the part of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Uma Thurman
Tested for the role of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Rachel Weisz
Auditioned to play Rose DeWitt Bukater.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Reese Witherspoon
Considered for the lead role.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet

Alicia Witt
Alicia Witt was considered for the role of Rose.
Actor who got the part: Kate Winslet



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