Not just another Titanic story

[Andrew Clarkson]

JAMES Cameron’s Titanic is one of Kevin Zegers’ favourite movies, so when Zegers was given the script for the series Titanic: Blood And Steel, he found himself asking “What’s new about this?” and “What’s different from the movie?”.

In a phone interview, the Canadian actor says: “I don’t think people want to see a show about the sinking of the ship. They have seen that story.”

Not many people know about the politics of building the ship, which is what the 12-episode TV series focuses on. And this is what got him interested.

“It also emphasises politics in Belfast at the time. World War 1 was about to start. There was a clash between the rich and the poor, and between Christian beliefs. All these make the show more interesting than the sinking.”

Zegers plays Mark Muir, a young metallurgist hired by American financier JP Morgan (Chris Noth) to oversee the building of Titanic, the biggest ship of all time.

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[Aly Jones]

shiver me timbers! Work-safe would die, If they ever saw that In the work place today!

I'm hanging out for this TV Series. 9:00 Sunday nights History channel? I think.

[VW1956]

Hello. "Shiver me timbers". I havn't heard that since Popeye was on the television in the 1950's. For the youngsters on here like Aly. Popeye was a sailor. Ken.

[Aly Jones]

I used that term ken, because I am not allowed to use the other term It may offend others on the forum. Yes 'shiver me timbers' came from my mothers era.