There really are no words that can adequately describe the powerful chokehold the blockbuster film Titanic had on people who lived through the 90s.
We fell in love with the stunning and misunderstood Rose, with her fiery red locks and sharp wit.
The masses fell head over heels for the boyishly handsome Jack, with his weirdly hot suspenders and cheeky smile.
We all wanted a love like Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet had in the 1997 hit. But do you know the grim truth behind the making of the film?
As it turns out, it wasn’t all romantic couch sketchings and steamy hands on windows.
On the very last day of filming the masterpiece, a whopping 80 people – including director James Cameron and actor Bill Paxton – had to be hospitalised after their food was poisoned.
An innocent chowder was the culprit, with a mystery person unscrupulously lacing it with the psychedelic drug PCP, otherwise known as angel dust.
The substance, officially known as phencyclidine, is a mind-altering drug that can lead to hallucinations and psychosis, but can also work as a stimulant, depressant and anaesthetic.
What actually happened?
It was the night of August 8, 1996, and was meant to be the crew’s last day of filming in Nova Scotia.
They had wrapped up all the ‘modern day’ scenes and the team were ready to move on to Mexico, where a gargantuan reprod...
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