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Jude Law reveals holiday cottage doesn’t exist

Jude Law Reveals Shocking Cabin Truth in 'The Holiday'
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Say it’s not true!

The holidays star Jude Loi just dropped a huge bombshell about the iconic holiday movie. More precisely, this dream chalet Cameron DiazAmanda Woods’ character trades her Los Angeles apartment for.

During an appearance on Zoe Ball’s Sho Breakfastw on BBC Radio 2 in the UK on Friday, November 22, Law, 51, was asked if the Surrey-based cottage was available for fans to rent on Airbnb. Well, get ready.

“This cottage doesn’t exist,” declared the British actor to his host’s shocked words. Zoe Ball and another guest, actor Kerry Godliman.

“What?!” Ball and Godliman expressed shock, prompting Law to reveal the behind-the-scenes deception used to film the scenes between Amanda and her character, Graham Simpkins, in the cozy cottage.

“So, the director (Nancy Meyers), she’s a bit of a perfectionist,” Law explained. “(She) looked around the whole area and didn’t really find the chocolate box cottage she was looking for, so she just rented a field, drew it and had someone design it. build.”

Law continued to crush fans’ dreams by revealing the winter scenes weren’t even filmed in the UK.

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“But here’s the funny thing, if you look at it… so we were filming it in the winter here (in Britain),” the actor said. “And every time I walked through that door, we cut and filmed the interiors in Los Angeles about three months later.”

It was one revelation too many for Ball and Godliman, who urged Law to stop talking. “We can’t stand it!” » joked Ball.

“Just burst the bubble.” Sorry!” Law replied.

First released in 2006, The holidays is a seasonal must-have for fans around the world. It features Kate Winslet (who plays Law’s sister, Iris Simpkins) and Diaz as two women who trade homes for the holidays after experiencing heartbreak. Black Jack his costars play Miles Dumont, Winslet’s love interest.

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Earlier this year, Winslet revealed that Robert Downey Jr. auditioned to play the role of Law and recalled that he had a “terrible” English accent during his audition.

“It was a hotel room somewhere on the Upper East Side, and Robert Downey had an English accent, but I thought he was doing an Australian accent,” she said. “I was like, ‘This is bad. This isn’t going to work and who’s going to tell him that sounds terrible. …It wasn’t really great.