Both Rose and Jack could not fit on that makeshift raft.
Titanic Director James Cameron says there is no way Jack and Rose could have both survived if they both climbed onto the large chunk of the broken floating door when the ship sank.
The famed director is trying to put the 25-year debated scene to bed once and for all.
The scene he refers to is where Jack, played by Leonardo DiCaprio stays in the freezing water as Rose, played by Kate Winslet, lays on top of a piece of wood.
Jack eventually freezes to death as Rose has to let him go. It's since been debated whether Jack could fit on with her.
In an interview with Post media, Cameron says, "We have since done a thorough forensic analysis with a hypothermia expert who reproduced the raft from the movie."
"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. 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."
In 2012, Myth Busters did a study that concluded Jack could have fit, but Cameron disputes those findings, jokingly saying, "Those guys are full of sh!^
He adds that in addition to the scientific aspect, Jack had to die.
"It's like Romeo and Juliet. It's a movie about love and sacrifice and mortality. The love is measured by the sacrifice."
He concluded his statement to Postmedia by saying, maybe… maybe… after 25 years; I won't have to deal with this anymore," he joked.
Cameron's study will air for a National Geographic special in February, corresponding with the film's return to theatres for Valentine's Day.
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