 Despite the acclaim, "Jude" and "Hamlet" earned little at the box office.Winslet was keen on playing Rose DeWitt Bukater, a socialite aboard the ill-fated RMS "Titanic", in James Cameron's epic romance "Titanic" (1997).Cameron was initially reluctant to cast her, preferring the stars Claire Danes or Gwyneth Paltrow, but Winslet pleaded with him, "You don't understand!