
When James Cameron set about to make Titanic, he was, ahem, the king of the world. He had two all-timer sci-fi franchises under his belt, and had just wrapped a successful action-comedy starring Arnold Schwarzenegger at the peak of his career. But when Cameron presented 20th Century Fox executives with the idea for a film about the Titanic, he was faced with skepticism. A romantic drama on board the most famous shipwreck in history? Sounds like a snooze!