It's been 25 years since Titanic was released, and the debate on Jack's survival remains one of the hottest topics among the fans. Victor Garber, who played Titanic's designer Thomas Andrews, shares his two cents on Titanic's door controversy.
Victor Garber's character, Thomas Andrews, might have regrets about building the supposed unsinkable ship that led to the demise of Leonardo DiCaprio's character. Still, the actor believes that the death of Jack is inevitable. Furthermore, the actor thinks the theories on Jack surviving death by fitting the pair on the door are impossible.
He told Entertainment Weekly, "If that's the way [James Cameron] wanted to end the movie, he would've. It's one of those questions that I don't really understand. If that spoiled the movie for you, I'm sorry, but that certainly never crossed my mind."
Garber believes fans shouldn't be debating on the matter because that's just how the story goes, and fans should accept it.
James Cameron Plans to Settle the Debate Once and For All
Through the years, different personalities involved in the film have expressed their opinion on the matter. Late last year, James Cameron spoke up about the controversial conclusion of the film. If there's one credible person to settle the debate, it's the filmmaker of Titanic.
To prove that his ending to the film is the most plausible outcome, Cameron and his team researched and studied to prove it. He said, “We have done a scientific study to put this whole thing to rest and drive a stake through its heart once and for all. We have since done a thorough forensic analysis with a hypothermia expert who reproduced the raft from the movie, and we’re going to do a little special on it that comes out in February."
Cameron detailed how his crew tried reenacting the scene. The team found two stunt people who weigh the same as Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio to reenact the film. The director shared, "We took two stunt people who were the same body mass of Kate and Leo, and we put sensors all over them and inside them, and we put them in ice water, and we tested to see whether they could have survived through a variety of methods and the answer was, there was no way they both could have survived. Only one could survive.”