The alternative ending to 'Titanic' has resurfaced and it's very different from the final cut - watch the viral clip
- An alternative ending of the "Titanic" has resurfaced and is going viral.
- In the clip, the scene descends into mayhem after Rose drops the diamond.
- Bill Paxton, who was in the alternate ending, said in 2017 that it did not work.
Every movie has some deleted scenes that never made to the final cut, but one scene that was nixed from "Titanic" is making waves on social media this week.
James Cameron, the writer and director of the 1997 blockbuster, shot an alternative ending to the film and, while it never made it to the final version, it was released in 2005 as a special feature on the DVD. The clip has resurfaced again this week.
A Twitter user, Pat Brennan, posted the clip on Tuesday, writing, "The alternate ending to Titanic is hilarious. This would have absolutely ruined the film for me." By the end of the week, the tweet had over 41,000 likes.
In the clip, the crew of the research vessel is having a party when older Rose sneaks to the back of the ship and climbs onto a railing. When the crew comes running to save her, Rose reveals that she had the priceless necklace - which is what the crew has been searching for - the entire time. She threatens to drop it into the ocean, but first Rose allows Brock, played by Bill Paxton, to hold it in his hand for a few seconds. She then pulls it away and tosses it into the water.
As dramatic music plays beneath the dialogue, one of the researchers yells, "That really sucked, lady!" and runs to the railing to watch the necklace sink.
Brock seems to enter a crazed state, starts laughing hysterically, and begins to slow dance, while his crew member walks away saying, "Very funny! That's just great."
This alternative scene is starkly different to the one that made it into the film. In the final cut of the movie, the older Rose is alone when she walks to the back of the ship in the middle of the night with the necklace clutched to her chest. She climbs onto the bottom rung of the metal barrier, and then she drops the necklace into the ocean. It's a heartbreaking moment that feels necessary, and the plot comes full circle.
Some people on social media seemed to be equally confused by the alternative ending, as some called it "really awful," "ridiculous," and "corny." Twitter user Judy Johnson even wrote, "This is so bad. It's like a parody."
Paxton agreed that the alternative ending did not work for the film. In a 2017 interview with Yahoo News just weeks before his death, he talked about the deleted scene, saying, "I mean, I would have shot heroin to make the scene work better."
He added that the film was mostly tied up by the time it returned to the present-day crew so he wasn't sorry to see the alternative ending go.
"Our job was done by then," he said. "So it became very evident in the cutting. If you're smart and you take the ego and the narcissism out of it, you'll listen to the film. The film will tell you what it needs and what it does not need. And the baby needs tough love."