James Cameron Talks About The Shortcomings Of ‘Titanic’ – Starting With Its Cast

James Cameron Made ‘Titanic’ Set Look Bigger With ‘Short Extras’: ‘Anybody Above Five Foot Eight, We Didn’t Cast Them’

Titanic's James Cameron reveals the sneaky (and cheap) trick he used to make the set look even bigger while studio was panicking over skyrocketing budget

James Cameron says he only cast short people as extras in ‘TITANIC’ to make “our set look bigger.”“Anybody above 5’8, we didn’t cast them. It’s like we got an extra million dollars of value out of casting.”