Six words reportedly cost Matthew McConaughey the lead role in Titanic: “No. That was pretty good. Thanks.” Producer Jon Landau, who has worked on the majority of director James Cameron 's feature films,

The Academy Award-winning actor had auditioned for the role of Jack Dawson, which was ultimately portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio

Matthew McConaughey wasn't quite "king of the world' material in the mid-'90s. In the forthcoming memoir The Bigger Picture, the late Titanic producer Jon Landau recalls the Interstellar actor's failed audition for the role of Jack in the epic, Oscar-winning disaster movie.