Fans always seem eager to hear some behind-the-scenes Titanic facts. That could be how historically accurate the 1997 epic is, that time someone snuck PCP into the crew's food or a casting scoop like how Matthew McConaughey almost played Jack Dawson instead of the film's eventual star, Leonardo DiCaprio. But you might be curious about one particular piece of lore: the long-standing rumors that leading lady Kate Winslet used to urinate in the water tanks while filming the Oscar-winning romantic drama. Well, there's quite a story behind that.
The then-21-year-old actress famously portrayed distressed debutante Rose DeWitt Bukater opposite Leonardo DiCaprio's Jack. Some may be surprised by the notion that she had to succumb to going to the bathroom without actually going to the bathroom while on set. But we've dug up some bottom-of-the-sea history about the production of the nearly 30-year-old disaster film. Here’s the story behind why Kate Winslet peed in the tank while filming Titanic:
