A myth collapses. Jude Law revealed this week in an interview with BBC Radio 2 that the famous English country house where part of the plot of the romantic comedy takes place the holidays It had been built especially for the film.
“This cabin does not exist,” the actor revealed. “The director (Nancy Meyers) is a bit of a perfectionist. She looked all over the area and couldn’t find the perfect cabin she had dreamed of.”
“So he rented a field, designed his cabin and built it right there,” the actor continues. Therefore, it is impossible to rent it on Airbnb to spend the end of year holidays there.
“We were filming (in England) in the middle of winter and when you see me at the cabin door in the movie, we were actually three months later on the sets in Los Angeles,” Jude Law also said.
The cabin set was built in two weeks in order to film the film in England and was destroyed at the end of filming. “I can’t believe it!” exclaimed one of the BBC Radio 2 presenters, visibly very disappointed.
christmas classic
the holidays tells the story of two women: the introverted Iris, a British journalist (Kate Winslet) and the extroverted Amanda, head of a Hollywood agency (Cameron Diaz).
Disappointed by the men, they decide to spend Christmas alone. They stumble across a surprising ad offering them the chance to swap their home for the holidays.
In Los Angeles, Iris discovers a dream life and falls in love with Miles, a film music composer (Jack Black). In Surrey, Amanda struggles to acclimatize to England, but falls under the spell of Iris’s brother Graham (Jude Law).
Written and directed by Nancy Meyers, known for her romantic comedies. what women want, anything can happen AND The new intern, the holidays It was a huge box office hit in 2006 before becoming a Christmas classic.
Source: BFM TV
