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    TIL People Don't Realize It Wasn't A Door At The End Of "Titanic" That Rose Was On

    Rose was actually on a door FRAME.

    Crystal Ro
    by Crystal Ro

    BuzzFeed Staff

    In a recent interview with MTV, Leonardo DiCaprio was asked if he could have fit on the door at the end of Titanic. To which he smartly responded, "I have no comment."

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    "The biggest controversy in modern cinema." —Margot Robbie.

    And you can watch the awkward exchange here:

    Now, while Leo may not have anything to say about this iconic moment in film history, plenty of us here at BuzzFeed did:

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    Myself included:

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    And it was at this exact moment my colleagues were like, "Excuse me, what?!" Which...surprised me?

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    I don't like to assume things about what people do and do not know, but I thought it was commonly known that the door was not a door but a door frame?

    In case you don't believe me, here's what the bit of boat Rose was lying on looked like:

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    And it's CLEARLY not the shape of a door.

    And here's a photo of the first class lounge door frame from the real Titanic:

    Robert John Welch / Public Domain / Via en.wikipedia.org

    A close-up for clarity:

    Crystal Ro / BuzzFeed / Robert John Welch / Public Domain / Via en.wikipedia.org

    I mean...

    Crystal Ro / BuzzFeed / Robert John Welch / Public Domain / Paramount Pictures / Via en.wikipedia.org

    And, look, I get that it's way easier to just say "door" rather than "door frame," but if we're gonna be arguing here folks, let's at least get it right!

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    IDK how this would affect Jack and Rose's situation (are door frames more capable of holding TWO people than doors?), but please feel free to get into it in the comments below!