Kate Winslet‘s role in ‘The Holiday‘ is one of the best parts she has played in her filmography. Her role as Iris garnered love from millions and continues to be one of the most cherished roles of her.
In a recent interview however, Robert Downey Jr. revealed that he also auditioned for the film, giving fans an insight into his terrible audition – something that Kate Winslet has vouched for now. Read on to know more about Downey Jr.’s dreadful audition.
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Robert Downey Jr. “Failed” ‘The Holiday’ Audition
Robert Downey Jr earlier recalled when he was brought in for an audition for ‘The Holiday‘ and how terrible it went. The actor said, “[Jimmy and I] got called in just as seat fillers…[director Nancy Meyers] needed someone to read with the gals and we’re sitting there going, ‘It’s about to happen for us. And I was like, ‘I’ve got to have a better English accent than Jude Law at this point.’ And Winslet said, ‘That was the worst British accent I’ve ever heard.’ And I was like, ‘I’ll check out now, but I’m taking the gummy bears from the minibar.’”
Talking to Jimmy Fallon on the show, Kate Winslet said, “I remember it extremely well. I really do,” referring to Robert’s audition. “We were told it was just a reading. I thought it was just a reading, like a fun reading of the script. I didn’t know it was an audition for the part. I am so sorry you didn’t get it. I’m sorry if I happened to be mean or rude to you in any way…you were sick, very sick and obsessively hand sanitizing. I thought, ‘Okay he’s one of those people.’ You were very sick. Robert Downey Jr. then did an English accent but I thought it was an Australian accent,” Winslet continued. “I thought, ‘That’s bad. That’s not going to work. Who is going to tell him that sounds dreadful?’”
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The Actor Who Got The Role
The role, of course, went to Jude Law later on who definitely did a fantastic job out of it. Winslet also talked about her experience working on the film and how it gave her more popularity than ‘Titanic.’
The actress said, “People come up to me in the street more about ‘The Holiday’ than ‘Titanic.’ I promise you. Especially at Christmas. Mothers and daughters come up to me at the grocery store and say it’s their ritual at Christmas. It’s a tradition. I love that. That’s something I never would have expected, that mother-daughter connection around a film like that.”
She also talked to People about if a sequel was in the world for the film and said, “I read something about that, but it’s the first I’ve heard of it. I promise you not an agent or a representative or anyone from the first one around has had any conversation with me about that. Hand on heart, that’s never come up“.
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