James Cameron worked as a production designer on Roger Corman's 1980 B-movie Battle Beyond the Stars. On his first day on the job, Cameron said the production manager gave him cocaine and amphetamines. The Titanic director remembered becoming a production designer for Roger Corman's 1980 sci-fi B-movie Battle Beyond the Stars during an interview with In Depth with Graham Bensinger. Cameron explained that he was promoted after the previous production designer was fired. Cameron was surprised when the production manager briefed him on the first day of his promotion and provided him with a couple of illicit substances.