Rose Breaking the Axe (Handcuffs Rescue Scene) – Titanic BTS This behind-the-scenes footage reveals how filmmakers created the intense handcuffs rescue moment where Rose uses an axe to free Jack during the Titanic flooding sequence. Instead of a single clean strike like in the movie, the BTS shows Kate Winslet rehearsing the swing dozens of times while Leonardo DiCaprio stayed strapped to a stunt handcuff rig. Special effects teams built multiple “breakaway” axes with softened metal, allowing th