The casting certainly helped make this film incredibly powerful. The talent came together to create a world so real to the audience, that we had no choice but to feel onboard the ship as we had dinner in the first class salon, danced in the steerage section, or leaned over the bow railing to watch the water rush by. Cameron and the actors must be congratulated for the chemistry that was created, providing a very real emotional connection to the past. Click on a picture below for more information (including a brief biography and filmography) on the stars of the James Cameron film, Titanic.

Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater, the 17-year-old daughter of an upper class family, returning home to Philadelphia onboard the Titanic.

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, the American drifter who won his ticket on Titanic in a lucky hand of poker.

Michael Sherman <mset@cmu.edu>