Jeremy Sisto goes by many names. The aforementioned dude from Clueless. The guy who tries to carve a tattoo into his sister’s back in Six Feet Under. Detective Cyrus Lupo on Law & Order, who SO detects. Escape Tailor, the homeless clown. Jesus. But one he doesn’t go by: Jack Dawson, star of Titanic.
Despite the fact that Titanic, which has grossed approximately $17 kajillion dollars since 1997, has been released on VHS and DVD approximately 17 kajillion times, Paramount put out yet another edition yesterday, for the first-ever Blu-Ray release. Yay! One assumes that the bonus features largely consist of James Cameron discussing his plan to save the world and NOT roll with his homies, but one goodie of interest is a screen test between Kate Winslet and Sisto, who was in the running to play Jack Dawson. Sisto has an interesting take on the character — who knew Jack was such a mumbly coke addict? I’M THE KING OF THE *SNORT*
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He ALMOST had this role in the bag, then when Cameron was asking him a question on his approach he realized he left his Cranberries CD back in the quad and had to get back before someone snagged it.
The most tragic thing in all of this isn’t that he missed his chance to become the next Leonardo DiCaprio, it’s that the CD was just an early bootleg of “To The Faithful Departed”.
I would argue that without DiCaprio as lead to this awful movie it would not have made nearly as much money. The real reason it made money was it soaked teenage girl panties and they kept going back nearly drowning like those on the ship itself in their respective juices for the guy. If mumbly joe up there got the part I doubt it would have been 10% as profitable.
True, but I also think I would have actually liked it.
The bad dialog and poorly writen script would have still been there.
But we wouldn’t have been able to hear it. #Win-Win
Jeremy Sisto: the poor man’s Cillian Murphy?
Sisto and Billy Zane together would have created a vortex of
coolsuckI don’t know what. Science would still be studying it.Jack, I want you to draw me like one of your French girls
This reminds me of the time that
Makes you wonder what would’ve happened to Leo. He’s a good actor and all, but I can’t see him achieving dreamy heartthrob status among my generation without Titanic.
But he’d already done Critters 3 by that point!
Seriously, he’d already gone full retard in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Only Titanic can bring you back from that.
Two words: Suburgatory.
That’s Jeremy Sisto? I thought it was Brent Hinkley (Lou the Sidler from Seinfeld)! Is my face red!
/drownin’ with the homies
Her “audition” was the scene where she gets naked on a couch. Any other director does that and I’d – err, I mean, they’d – get arrested. Feckin’ “law”…
I can’t remember the actual movie. Is Winslet’s acting as shitty as in this reel? Or is it just the horrendous reacting to Sisto? The lines are pure cheese, it’s hard to watch.
I think its the later, I can’t remember being this slow either
Sisto has always reminded me of a rapist. There is nothing he can do to alleviate that suspicion.
Point to where on the Channing Tatum action doll Jeremy Sisto touched you…
He’d be great as the lead for the Joe Francis biopic.
As long as Justin Long and Lou Diamond Phillips don’t have a bastard love-child that wants to be an actor, I think you may be right.
I keep wanting to call him “Jeremy Sisqo”. Which makes me want to see him mumble the thong song.
There should be a director’s edition of Clueless from Turk’s point of view.
There is. It’s called porn.
Everybody in Suicide Kings is allowed one Mulligan.
Two if you were wearing fish boots.
This would have completely one-sided that whole “Do a shot every time you hear Rose or Jack say the others’ name” drinking game
I though we were agreed that Tarantino is the King of the *SNORT*.
Cameron si the prince
I love Titanic and I’ll gnash my teeth and ball up my granite fists to defend that love.
But yes, Elton woulda fucked everything up.
I left my Cranberries CD on the Poop Deck.
Rose: Lupo!
Lupo: Rose!
Rose: Lupo!
Lupo: Rose!
Rose: Lupo!
Lupo: Rose!
Rose: Lupo!
Lupo: Rose!
Rose: Lupo!
Lupo: Rose!