Long before he was an Oscar winner, a best-selling author, and the chillest guy to ever wear a button-down with only one button done, Matthew McConaughey, 55, was this close to starring in Titanic. According to samples of a new memoir by the late producer Jon Landau obtained by the What I'm

Matthew McConaughey once lost out on the lead role as Jack in James Cameron's Titanic, and the reason why has finally been explained in a new memoir.

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