10 Troubled Shoots That Resulted In Great Films

10. Crew Suffers Illness, Water Tanks And James Cameron's Temper - Titanic

A James Cameron film tends to bring in massive crowds who are more than willing to part with their cash. So when Cameron wanted to make Titanic, the studio thought it would be a good idea to give Cameron a blank cheque to do whatever he wants. But unfortunately, you don't make the most expensive movie ever (at the time) without running into quite a few production problems. 

When you film a good chunk of the movie in a massive 17 million gallon water tank, complete with massive replicas of ship parts, you're bound to have a problem or two. Production was scheduled for 138 days but it eventually ballooned out to 160. On top of a constant cloud of illness due to the many hours spent filming in cold water and trying not to drown every day, every crew member had to put up with Cameron's infamous temper and douchebaggery. Anytime anything went wrong, Cameron would throw a tantrum, and anyone who wasted time going to the toilet was told to 'keep walking'. Cameron's temper, the tough schedule, and the physically gruelling shoot angered one crew member so much that they slipped PCP into the dinner soup one night and caused over fifty people to go to the hospital. 

It's little surprise that Kate Winslet declared that she'll never work with Cameron again (unless she got paid extraordinarily well).