Billy Zane Talks ‘Titanic’ — “Rose Should Have Ended Up With Cal!”
Well, Titanic didn’t end the way Billy Zane wanted it to!
In a fun new interview on Today, the 50-year-old actor confessed he wishes Rose (played by Kate Winslet) had ended up with his character, Cal, in the iconic 1997 movie’s finale.
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Billy with Kate in Titanic.
“You think Rose made the wrong choice?” Today co-host Tamron Hall asked Billy, referring to Rose’s famous decision to leave her fiancé, Cal, for Jack (played by Leonardo DiCaprio).
“Yes, I think he found redemption by the end and I wish he did find [Rose] on the [the rescue ship] Carpathia and was able to right his wrongs,” Billy said.
Click through the gallery below to see the Titanic cast then and now!
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![Danny nucci](https://www.closerweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/danny-nucci.jpg?fit=800%2C800&quality=86&strip=all)
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