The details of McConaughey's audition gone wrong are mentioned in "Titanic" producer Jon Landau's posthumous memoir, "The Bigger Picture."

B efore Titanic shattered box office records and turned Leonardo DiCaprio into a household name, another star was circling the role of Jack Dawson, and it was none other than Matthew McConaughey. But according to a new memoir, it wasn’t talent or looks that cost him the part. It was his refusal to let go of his Southern drawl.

Matthew McConaughey almost played the unforgettable Jack Dawson in "Titanic". But a simple request from director James Cameron cost him the role of his life.