The unsolved mystery of the Titanic and the poisonous soup that sent several crew members to the hospital

The famous 1997 film Titanic has a mystery that has yet to be solved, which even sent several crew members to the hospital.

The famous movie Titanic starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet never ceases to amaze: A mysterious incident happened 26 years ago This has not been resolved yet. James Cameron’s colossal is set in the distant 1912, right on the world’s largest ship of that era, called the Titanic. The latter was destroyed on April 15, 1912 near Newfoundland (Canada) due to a collision with an iceberg located in the Atlantic Ocean.

as for the film, Released December 19, 1997, continues today Shares the record for Oscar wins with two other films: Titanic, Ben-Hur and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King have won 11 Oscars.

the mystery of the poisoned soup

During the filming of the famous movie Titanic, some crew members accidentally consumed small amounts of drugs. To be precise, when the team was in Halifax (Canada) to shoot the film’s prologue and epilogue (the scenes in which the elderly protagonist appears), The cooks prepared fish soup For the crew to eat during breaks.

Unfortunately, someone inadvertently put some medicine on the plate. However, 25 years later a member of the team recalled behind-the-scenes footage of the film, saying that a 1.90 m boy from the crew began to feel unwell and kept repeating that he felt under the influence of something strange. doing. Substance

At that precise moment, he saw director James Cameron running towards a door, and an extra following behind him, shouting, “There’s something inside me!” All those who investigated this episode were never able to identify those responsible. so they were drunk He was immediately sent to Dartmouth Hospital for treatment.

Initially, James Cameron thought of a toxin in the shellfish, but found no evidence in the soup. The most surprising thing is that even the police have not been able to find the culprit so far, so even today there are many hypotheses and no certainty.

Many troupe members of those years remember those moments as one of the most enigmatic pages of their careers. However, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet were lucky enough to because they were somewhere else, far away

From the film set in Halifax. Many years later, James Cameron himself announced that there was a real destructive atmosphere around the creation of the film, which infected everyone. In fact, the cost of the film was way over budget and there were countless delays.