Bill Hader Got Fired From a Movie Theater for Spoiling TITANIC for Sorority Girls Who Made Fun of Him

Before Saturday Night Live, before Barry, Bill Hader was just a guy in a bowtie and cummerbund trying to herd unruly theatergoers at a movie theater job he definitely didn’t keep for long.In a recent appearance on Everybody’s in L.A. with John Mulaney on Netflix, Hader shared a great and funny story about the time he was fired for pulling a petty (and admittedly hilarious) revenge move involving James Cameron’s Titanic.Hader recalled: “I got fired from a movie theater for ruining the end of Titanic. I was working in a movie theater, and Titanic hadn’t come out yet, and a sorority had bought out the movie theater and they were in the doorway and I was going, ‘Hey, guys. Can you guys move?’ “They were making fun of me. They said I looked like Charles Manson. Which I kinda did. I had a little bowtie on and cummerbund, and I was like, ‘Hey guys, please move.’ And they were like, ‘No.’”That moment of mockery turned out to be a poor life choice on their part. Because as they handed him their tickets, Hader made sure their epic night at the movies was ruined.“So when they went in, as I tore the tickets, I was like, ‘Enjoy the movie. The boat sinks at the end. Leo dies,’ and they were like, ‘No, he doesn’t.’ I go, ‘Yeah, you think he’s asleep. But he’s frozen.’ And that showed them.”Yes, he dropped the spoiler hammer on them in a savage, cold, and perfect way.Of course, that act of cinematic sabotage didn’t go unnoticed. Hader added: “The [manager] came down smiling, and he was like, ‘Hey, Bill. I have to fire you.’ He loved it. Couldn’t look me in the eye, though.”And just in case anyone out there still wants to argue Jack could’ve fit on that door with Rose (and let’s face it—someone always does), James Cameron already addressed it with full scientific backup. In 2022, he revealed:“We have done a scientific study to put this whole thing to rest and drive a stake through its heart once and for all. We have since done a thorough forensic analysis with a hypothermia expert who reproduced the raft from the movie. “We took two stunt people who were the same body mass of Kate and Leo and we put sensors all over them and inside them and we put them in ice water and we tested to see whether they could have survived through a variety of methods and the answer was, ‘There was no way they both could have survived.’ Only one could survive.”You can catch Hader tell the full story on Everybody’s in L.A. with John Mulaney, streaming now on Netflix.

Apr 16, 2025 - 17:59

Bill Hader Got Fired From a Movie Theater for Spoiling TITANIC for Sorority Girls Who Made Fun of Him

Before Saturday Night Live, before Barry, Bill Hader was just a guy in a bowtie and cummerbund trying to herd unruly theatergoers at a movie theater job he definitely didn’t keep for long.

In a recent appearance on Everybody’s in L.A. with John Mulaney on Netflix, Hader shared a great and funny story about the time he was fired for pulling a petty (and admittedly hilarious) revenge move involving James Cameron’s Titanic.

Hader recalled: “I got fired from a movie theater for ruining the end of Titanic. I was working in a movie theater, and Titanic hadn’t come out yet, and a sorority had bought out the movie theater and they were in the doorway and I was going, ‘Hey, guys. Can you guys move?’

“They were making fun of me. They said I looked like Charles Manson. Which I kinda did. I had a little bowtie on and cummerbund, and I was like, ‘Hey guys, please move.’ And they were like, ‘No.’”

That moment of mockery turned out to be a poor life choice on their part. Because as they handed him their tickets, Hader made sure their epic night at the movies was ruined.

“So when they went in, as I tore the tickets, I was like, ‘Enjoy the movie. The boat sinks at the end. Leo dies,’ and they were like, ‘No, he doesn’t.’ I go, ‘Yeah, you think he’s asleep. But he’s frozen.’ And that showed them.”

Yes, he dropped the spoiler hammer on them in a savage, cold, and perfect way.

Of course, that act of cinematic sabotage didn’t go unnoticed. Hader added: “The [manager] came down smiling, and he was like, ‘Hey, Bill. I have to fire you.’ He loved it. Couldn’t look me in the eye, though.”

And just in case anyone out there still wants to argue Jack could’ve fit on that door with Rose (and let’s face it—someone always does), James Cameron already addressed it with full scientific backup. In 2022, he revealed:

“We have done a scientific study to put this whole thing to rest and drive a stake through its heart once and for all. We have since done a thorough forensic analysis with a hypothermia expert who reproduced the raft from the movie.

“We took two stunt people who were the same body mass of Kate and Leo and we put sensors all over them and inside them and we put them in ice water and we tested to see whether they could have survived through a variety of methods and the answer was, ‘There was no way they both could have survived.’ Only one could survive.”

You can catch Hader tell the full story on Everybody’s in L.A. with John Mulaney, streaming now on Netflix.