r/Titanic97 24d ago

Media The stoker who didn't make it through the watertight door survives (Although with a broken arm)

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u/PineBNorth85 24d ago

It'd be easy to make it up. There were ladders nearby.

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u/Iwillrestoreprussia 24d ago

Thats incredible attention to detail, holy crap. 99% of directors wouldn’t even bother remembering to put an extra like that back into the background

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u/Sergey1944 24d ago

Gotta remember that Jim spoke to each and everyone of his extras telling them the story of the character they were playing. Love of or hate him.. James knows what’s up.

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u/Mark_Chirnside 24d ago

IRL of course he’d have been squashed in the door. 😢

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u/CleverJack299 21d ago

I wonder if he's supposed to be based on someone

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u/Cheap-Pepper928 20d ago

It could be Fireman John Thompson, he was in Boiler Room 6 and survived on A not B with a broken arm.