The leading men inThe Holidaycould’ve looked very different!During a recent visit toThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, one of the 2006 movie’s stars,Kate Winslet, recalled both the host,Jimmy Fallon, andRobert Downey Jr.auditioning for the comedy classic.“I remember [it] extremely well,” said Winslet, 48. “We were sort of told … well, I thought it was just a reading, like a fun read of the script. I didn’t realizing you wereauditioning for the part.“She told Fallon, 49, of his tryout specifically, “I am so sorry you didn’t get it. And I’m sorry if I happened to have been mean to you in any way, or rude. I don’t think I was — I’m just checking.“After Fallon assured her she was “so nice” to him, Winslet went on, “You were very sick and you were obsessively hand-sanitizing. And I thought, ‘Okay, he’s one of those people.’ And thenCOVIDhappened and I was like, ‘I’m gonna be one of those people!’ “Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Kate Winslet and Jimmy Fallon onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonin February 2024.The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/YouTubeAs for Downey, 58, Winslet revealed that he “did an English accent” during his audition — presumably to play the part of her character Iris' brother, Graham (which ended up going toJude Law) — but she “thought it was an Australian accent."“I thought, ‘That’s bad — that’s not gonna work, and who’s gonna to tell him that sounds dreadful?' " said theAcademy Awardwinner.“I think itwasan Australian accent, and I think it sounded great!” joked Fallon, who lost out on the part of Iris' romantic interest, Miles, toJack Black. “I go, ‘This is perfect, but I don’t think the character [of Graham is] supposed to be Australian.’ ““It wasn’t actually that great,” said Winslet, as she and the host laughed. “But that’s really sweet of you to have said that!“And here he is [now], winning everything [forOppenheimer],” she praised Downey, agreeing with Fallon that the latter is a “fantastic” and “amazing” actor.From L: Jimmy Fallon, Kate Winslet inThe Holiday(2006) and Robert Downey Jr.Rosalind O’Connor/NBC via Getty, Zade Rosenthal/Sony/Kobal/Shutterstock, Neil Mockford/FilmMagicThe Holidayfollows heartbroken movie-trailer producer Amanda (Cameron Diaz), who offers up her Los Angeles mansion in order to get away for the holidays, before similarly downtrodden columnist Iris (Winslet) answers, swapping her English country cottage.During their visits, Amanda falls for Iris' widower brother Graham (Law, 51), a book editor, while Iris hits it off with film composer Miles (Black, 54), a friend of Amanda’s ex.“Did you know thatThe Holidaywould be such a cult classic, a big hit film?” Fallon askedThe Regimestar during her appearance on his show.“People come up to me in the street Holidayand the episode ofExtrasthat I did than Titanic,” Winslet revealed. “I promise you. Especially atChristmas.”“And actually what’s so lovely is that mothers and daughters come up to me in the grocery store and they say, ‘Oh Kate, we just loveThe Holiday, it’s our little ritual at Christmas,’ ” Winslet continued. “That’s something I never would have expected, actually — the sort ofmother-daughter connectionaround a film like that. It’s so nice. It’s lovely.”
The leading men inThe Holidaycould’ve looked very different!
During a recent visit toThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, one of the 2006 movie’s stars,Kate Winslet, recalled both the host,Jimmy Fallon, andRobert Downey Jr.auditioning for the comedy classic.
“I remember [it] extremely well,” said Winslet, 48. “We were sort of told … well, I thought it was just a reading, like a fun read of the script. I didn’t realizing you wereauditioning for the part.”
She told Fallon, 49, of his tryout specifically, “I am so sorry you didn’t get it. And I’m sorry if I happened to have been mean to you in any way, or rude. I don’t think I was — I’m just checking.”
After Fallon assured her she was “so nice” to him, Winslet went on, “You were very sick and you were obsessively hand-sanitizing. And I thought, ‘Okay, he’s one of those people.’ And thenCOVIDhappened and I was like, ‘I’m gonna be one of those people!’ "
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Kate Winslet and Jimmy Fallon onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonin February 2024.The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/YouTube
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/YouTube
As for Downey, 58, Winslet revealed that he “did an English accent” during his audition — presumably to play the part of her character Iris' brother, Graham (which ended up going toJude Law) — but she “thought it was an Australian accent.”
“I thought, ‘That’s bad — that’s not gonna work, and who’s gonna to tell him that sounds dreadful?' " said theAcademy Awardwinner.
“I think itwasan Australian accent, and I think it sounded great!” joked Fallon, who lost out on the part of Iris' romantic interest, Miles, toJack Black. “I go, ‘This is perfect, but I don’t think the character [of Graham is] supposed to be Australian.’ "
“It wasn’t actually that great,” said Winslet, as she and the host laughed. “But that’s really sweet of you to have said that!”
And here he is [now], winning everything [forOppenheimer],” she praised Downey, agreeing with Fallon that the latter is a “fantastic” and “amazing” actor.
From L: Jimmy Fallon, Kate Winslet inThe Holiday(2006) and Robert Downey Jr.Rosalind O’Connor/NBC via Getty, Zade Rosenthal/Sony/Kobal/Shutterstock, Neil Mockford/FilmMagic
Rosalind O’Connor/NBC via Getty, Zade Rosenthal/Sony/Kobal/Shutterstock, Neil Mockford/FilmMagic
The Holidayfollows heartbroken movie-trailer producer Amanda (Cameron Diaz), who offers up her Los Angeles mansion in order to get away for the holidays, before similarly downtrodden columnist Iris (Winslet) answers, swapping her English country cottage.
During their visits, Amanda falls for Iris' widower brother Graham (Law, 51), a book editor, while Iris hits it off with film composer Miles (Black, 54), a friend of Amanda’s ex.
“Did you know thatThe Holidaywould be such a cult classic, a big hit film?” Fallon askedThe Regimestar during her appearance on his show.
“People come up to me in the street Holidayand the episode ofExtrasthat I did than Titanic,” Winslet revealed. “I promise you. Especially atChristmas.”
“And actually what’s so lovely is that mothers and daughters come up to me in the grocery store and they say, ‘Oh Kate, we just loveThe Holiday, it’s our little ritual at Christmas,’ ” Winslet continued. “That’s something I never would have expected, actually — the sort ofmother-daughter connectionaround a film like that. It’s so nice. It’s lovely.”
source: people.com
