Claire Danes wasn’t prepared for the celebrity that might certainly come from Titanic.

The actress has revealed that the beloved 1997 film, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, virtually had a unique solid. Whereas on Dax Shepard‘s Armchair Knowledgeable podcast this week, Danes mentioned that she has “zero” regrets about strolling away from the position reverse DiCaprio, regardless of being a “huge Leo fan.” The celebrities had truly simply filmed Romeo + Juliet collectively earlier than manufacturing on Titanic started.

When requested if she acquired provided Titanic, Danes advised Shepard, “I believe I did. I am not completely clear on that. There was robust curiosity, however truthfully, I’d simply made this romantic epic with Leo in Mexico Metropolis, which is the place they had been going to shoot Titanic, and I simply did not have it in me.”

“And I bear in mind, Leo and I shared a supervisor on the time, and we had been there on the workplace. And I used to be on a balcony, which is humorous…and Leo had this rental pink convertible…and he was kinda getting into circles within the car parking zone,” Danes recalled. “And I knew he was wrestling with the choice to try this film or not and he simply appeared up at me, and he mentioned, ‘I am doing it. I am doing it.'”

“And I might see he wasn’t positive, however he was like, ‘F–k it, I gotta do that factor.'” Danes mentioned. “And I appeared down on him going, I completely perceive why you’re doing it. And I am not prepared for that. And I believe I actually wasn’t prepared for it.”

Danes went on to clarify that she did not need the extreme quantity of fame that got here together with the Titanic position, and she or he later witnessed it occur to DiCaprio after the film was launched.

The Homeland actress then defined to Shepard why she has “zero” regrets about turning down the position.

“I used to be simply actually clear about it,” Danes mentioned. “I wasn’t conflicted, I wasn’t.”

“I used to be simply feeling keen to have totally different inventive experiences, that felt like a repeat,” Danes defined. “And, as I mentioned, I believe it was gonna propel me in the direction of one thing that I knew I did not have the sources to address. And I knew I had to do numerous basis constructing.”

You possibly can hear Danes discuss extra about her profession on the most recent episode of Armchair Knowledgeable.