But if you found yourself on the “ship of dreams” on the night of April 15, 1912, what could you have done to survive its sinking?
We asked the film’s Oscar-winning writer-director James Cameron during our interview for last week’s Hollywood Reporter cover story and the ever-resourceful filmmaker gave a rather clever answer.
First, our phrasing of the question was specifically chosen: “If you were traveling by yourself as a second-class passenger on Titanic when it hit an iceberg, what would you have done?”
“Traveling by yourself” because a man traveling with his family is presumably going to prioritize their survival instead of his own. And “second class” because we all know from watching Cameron’s film that some third-class passengers found themselves trapped below decks and were pretty much doomed, while first-class passengers had the best shot at securing…
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