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

Matthew McConaughey wasn't quite "king of the world' material in the mid-'90s. In the forthcoming memoir The Bigger Picture, the late Titanic producer Jon Landau recalls the Interstellar actor's failed audition for the role of Jack in the epic, Oscar-winning disaster movie.

Late Titanic producer Jon Landau has claimed that Matthew McConaughey lost out on playing Jack Dawson due to his Southern drawl. The 55-year-old Hollywood star was one of the contenders to play the doomed lover who was ultimately portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio opposite Kate Winslet ’s Rose.