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Jude Law reveals ‘The Holiday’ cottage ‘doesn’t exist’
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Jude Law reveals ‘The Holiday’ cottage ‘doesn’t exist’

There’s no place like home on vacation, when there is one.

Jude Law devastated ‘The Holiday’ fans by revealing that the iconic English cottage featured in the 2006 film wasn’t actually real.

‘This house doesn’t exist,’ says actor said on BBC Radio 2’s ‘The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show’ Friday, causing gasps from several people in the room.

Jude Law revealed in a BBC interview that the English cottage in “The Holiday” “doesn’t exist.” BBC Radio 2/Instagram
The actor said director Nancy Meyers “just (rented) some land, drew it up and had someone build it.” Zade Rosenthal/Sony/Kobal/Shutterstock

Law, 51, explained that director Nancy Meyers was “a bit of a perfectionist” and decided to take matters into her own hands after failing to find the ideal location for the Surrey-set romantic comedy.

“She looked all over the area and couldn’t quite find the chocolate box cottage she was looking for,” he recalls.

“So she just (rented) a field, drew it up and had someone build it.”

Law also admitted that the interior scenes were filmed in Los Angeles. ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
He played alongside Cameron Diaz. ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection

The Oscar nominee then dropped another bombshell, admitting that the scenes inside the makeshift cabin weren’t even filmed there.

“We were filming in the winter here (in the UK), and every time I walked through that door we were cutting,” he recalls, “and we shot the interiors in Los Angeles about three months later.”

As the show’s hosts begged Law to stop spoiling the “magic” of the film, he admitted he had just “burst the bubble,” adding, “Sorry!

The romantic comedy takes place during the Christmas period. ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
It also starred Kate Winslet and Jack Black. Zade Rosenthal/Sony/Kobal/Shutterstock

The “Fantastic Beasts” star starred alongside Cameron Diaz in “The Holiday,” which also starred Jack Black and Kate Winslet.

The film takes place during the Christmas period and has become a staple of every December, like “Home Alone”, “Elf” and other classics.

“Honestly, I think it’s glorious,” Law said of his long popularity and influence.