{"id":1993055,"date":"2025-09-02T16:43:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1993055"},"modified":"2025-09-02T16:43:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:43:58","slug":"ethan-hawke-reacts-to-losing-titanic-role-to-leonardo-dicaprio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ethan-hawke-reacts-to-losing-titanic-role-to-leonardo-dicaprio\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethan Hawke reacts to losing &#8216;Titanic&#8217; role to Leonardo DiCaprio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F09%2F110539372.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Not the king of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Ethan Hawke may have sunk his \u201cTitanic\u201d audition, but he\u2019s not icy about Leonardo DiCaprio scoring the famous role of Jack Dawson.<\/p>\n<p>In 1997, DiCaprio, 50, portrayed Jack alongside Kate Winslet\u2019s Rose DeWitt Bukater in James Cameron\u2019s historical film, \u201cTitanic.\u201d A part that Hawke, 54, was originally up for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I would have handled that success as well as Leo,\u201d\u00a0the actor told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gq-magazine.co.uk\/article\/ethan-hawke-interview-2025\">\u201cBritish GQ\u201d<\/a>\u00a0on Monday. \u201cHe was a f\u2014ing\u00a0Beatle.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ethan Hawke poses for the cover of \u201cGQ.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Brendan Freeman \/ British GQ<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time, \u201cTitanic\u201d took home an Oscar for Best Picture. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Starring in the romantic movie also paved the way for DiCaprio to star in\u00a0\u201cCatch Me If You Can\u201d in 2002, \u201cThe Aviator\u201d in 2004 and\u00a02006\u2019s\u00a0\u201cBlood Diamond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor for the thriller \u201cBlood Diamond.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ethan Hawke on the latest \u201cGQ Hype\u201d cover. <span class=\"credit\">Brendan Freeman \/ British GQ<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2016, DiCaprio took home his first Best Actor trophy with the \u201cRevenant\u201d \u2014 after four previous acting snubs. <\/p>\n<p>When \u201cTitanic\u201d hit theaters 28 years ago, DiCaprio, who was only 23 at the time, explained why he was hesitant to join the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did have a lot of reservations about doing something commercial to this scale,\u201d he explained in an interview <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W1cb_HAjbpI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with WFAA in 1997<\/a>. \u201cThey\u2019ve always sort of been, in my opinion, big, epic blockbusters and they lack a lot of content. They weren\u2019t very character driven and that\u2019s a stereotype, of course. So, I had a lot of reservations about doing the picture initially.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ethan Hawke in denim and a cowboy hat for \u201cGQ.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Brendan Freeman \/ British GQ<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, things soon changed DiCaprio\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I actually read the script,\u201d he recalled, \u201cand met with James and Kate, I realized it had a lot of important themes and was an immensely interesting story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\">At the height of \u201cTitanic\u2019s\u201d success, Hawke had already made a name for himself thanks to 1989\u2019s \u201cDead Poets Society,\u201d\u00a01994\u2019s \u201cReality Bites,\u201d and\u00a01995\u2019s \u201cBefore Sunrise.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet in \u201cTitanic.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\">Hawke earned his first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in the 2001 crime drama\u00a0\u201cTraining Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite not taking home the gold, the actor recalled his costar Denzel Washington whispering some very important words to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Hawke recalled Washington, 70, saying: \u201cIt\u2019s better that you didn\u2019t win. Losing was better.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet in a scene from the 1997 film \u201cTitanic.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t want an award to improve your status,\u201d Hawke continued telling Chris Wallace while on \u201cWho\u2019s Talking to Chris Wallace\u201d in 2024. \u201cYou want to improve the award\u2019s status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Academy Award has more power 1756831435 \u2019cause Denzel has a couple. It didn\u2019t elevate who he was,\u201d Hawke continued.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGreat Expectations\u201d vet lost the Oscar to\u00a0Jim Broadbent\u00a0for his role in\u00a0\u201cIris.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was at the Oscars sitting next to Denzel Washington and nominated against\u00a0Ian McKellen,\u201d Hawke noted. \u201cI had already won. It was impossible for me not to see it any other way.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ethan Hawke in the 1995 film \u201cBefore Sunrise.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Columbia \/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ethan Hawke in \u201cWhite Fang.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Everett Collection (46481)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now, decades later, Hawke\u2019s kids Levon, 23, and Maya, 27, whom <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/01\/entertainment\/ethan-hawke-on-humiliating-public-divorce-from-ex-wife-uma-thurman\/\">he shares with ex-wife Uma Thurman<\/a>, have both followed in their footsteps.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\">\u201cAnybody that knows Maya knows that she\u2019s a force,\u201d Ethan told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ethan-hawke-maya-hawke-flannery-oconnor-wildcat-trailer-exclusive-8608161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People of his daughter in 2024<\/a>. \u201cShe always has been. She writes and performs her own music and she loves acting and she loves painting and she\u2019s kind of an artistic animal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it was a thrill for us to collaborate with all the people in the production. So many people were so gifted around us and it was just fun to be in a band together,\u201d he said about working on her film \u201cWildcat\u201d together.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not the king of the world. Ethan Hawke may have sunk his \u201cTitanic\u201d audition, but he\u2019s not icy about Leonardo DiCaprio scoring the famous role of Jack Dawson. In 1997, DiCaprio, 50, portrayed Jack alongside Kate Winslet\u2019s Rose DeWitt Bukater in James Cameron\u2019s historical film, \u201cTitanic.\u201d A part that Hawke, 54, was originally up for. 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