Jude Law shares behind-the-scenes secrets from his movie with Cameron Diaz

Jude Law recently shared a surprising behind-the-scenes revelation that could change how fans view the beloved holiday classic “The Holiday.”

The 2006 film is a romantic comedy directed by Nancy Meyers, known for her heartwarming and charming take on love and relationships. The film centers around two women, each dealing with personal heartbreak, who switch homes for the holiday season to escape their current lives.

In a new interview, Jude Law opened up about the making of the 2006 film.

Jude Law talks behind the scenes of ‘The Holiday’

In an interview with BBC Radio earlier this week, Law expressed his happiness that it has become a staple of holiday viewing for audiences every year. “I think it’s quite frankly, glorious,” he said.

In “The Holiday,” Amanda, played by Cameron Diazmoves to a cozy summer house in the English countryside, while Iris played by Kate Winsletstays in Amanda’s sleek Beverly Hills mansion. During their time away, both women find unexpected love. Amanda meets Graham, played by Jude Law, Iris’s charming and widowed brother, and Iris begins to bond with Miles, played by Jack Blacka quirky film composer who is a friend of Amanda’s ex.

Jude Law reveals a behind-the-scenes secret behind ‘The Holiday’

When one of the BBC Radio hosts asked Law if they could “Airbnb that cottage”, the actor revealed: “That cottage doesn’t exist”, leaving the hosts shocked.

“So the director, she’s a bit of a perfectionist,” he said of Nancy Meyers. “She visited the whole area and didn’t quite find the chocolate box house she was looking for. So she just (rented) a field and designed it and got someone to build it.”

Since it was built as a set for filming, the interior that viewers have come to admire was never actually part of the structure. “So here’s the funny thing, if you see it (…) We shot here in the winter. And every time I walked in that door, we cut, and we shot the interior in LA about three months later,” the actor revealed .

The hosts jokingly told Law to stop spilling secrets because he’s “ruining it!”

“We can’t take it,” they added, to which Law replied: “Just burst the bubble. Sorry!”

The house believed to have inspired ‘The Holiday’ is real estate

The real house believed to have inspired “The Holiday”, known as Honeysuckle Cottage, is really real estate. It was listed on Airbnb as a vacation rental as recently as 2022, but it appears to have been removed from the platform.

According to PEOPLEThe summer house was put up for sale in 2018 with an asking price of DKK 821,000. However, the property, a three-bedroom, one-bathroom house in Surrey, reportedly sold for $650,000 based on details from the previous listing.

Cameron Diaz opens up about her character in ‘The Holiday’

Reflecting on filming the movie, Diaz admitted, “I haven’t seen the movie since it came out as a premiere. So I’m not that well versed. But as far as what Amanda embodied — Nancy has this real ability to speak up women of a certain age and stage of life.”

“I think for Amanda, she really captured the woman who kind of laid it all out,” Diaz shared Vulture. “The importance of her life was her career. And success. And being a boss and a good boss. Being something in the world. And really not putting the energy and the importance on this other aspect of her life — that being the things she really wanted and hoped for and was devastated not to have.”

She continued. “And then the woman who is self-sufficient and thinks she could somehow get away from the boyfriend who was a jerk and take care of herself in this way, that’s pretty brave.”

Jimmy Fallon auditioned for ‘The Holiday’

Earlier this year, Kate Winslet appeared on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” to discuss her role in the new HBO satirical series, “The Regime.” Before diving into his latest project, Fallon dropped a fun tidbit — he had auditioned to play Winslet’s love interest in “The Holiday,” one of her most famous films.

“I was talking about you a few months ago,” Fallon told the Oscar-winning actress, per NBC. “I was talking to Howard Stern with Robert Downey Jr. and we were talking about your beloved movie, The holiday. I remember being in a room with you and Robert Downey Jr. and Cameron Diaz.”

“Obviously, the role didn’t go to me,” Fallon explained, and neither did the man who was supposed to play Tony Stark. “It went to Jack Black and Jude Law.”

“The Holiday” can be rented or purchased on Amazon Prime.