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.

Imagine Matthew McConaughey as Jack Dawson in Titanic — painting portraits, dancing at third-class parties and desperately trying to float on that infamous door. It nearly happened, but according to new revelations,