According to a new Hollywood memoir, Matthew McConaughey is said to have lost the role of Jack Dawson in Titanic after refusing to take direction during his audition with director James Cameron.

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.

Matthew McConaughey is said to have lost the role of Jack Dawson in Titanic after 'refusing to take direction' during his audition with director James Cameron