Matthew McConaughey could have starred as Jack Dawson in "Titanic," but a new excerpt from a late producer's memoir claims he refused to drop his accent during his audition.

A new book has revealed the real reason Matthew Mcconaughey lost the lead role in "Titanic" to Leonardo DiCaprio.

In a recent excerpt from Titanic producer Jon Landau's forthcoming posthumous memoir, The Bigger Picture, Landau opened up about Matthew McConaughey's audition for James Cameron's 1997 blockbuster. In the excerpt-shared in Matt Belloni's What I'm Hearing newsletter on August 5-Cameron allegedly asked McConaughey to try a different accent during the audition,