Jude Law Just Ruined the Magic of His Classic 2006 Movie with Cameron Diaz,The Holiday: 'Sorry!'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jude Law just spoiled millions of holiday dreams.

During aninterviewwith BBC Radio on Sunday, Nov. 24, the actor revealed a behind-the-scenes secret about hisbeloved 2006 Christmas movie,The Holiday,co-starringCameron DiazandKate Winslet.

Law, who plays Diaz’s love interest and Winslet’s brother in the beloved rom-com, is delighted that the film has become a holiday classic. “I find it just, honestly, glorious,” he shares in the interview.

Things takes a turn, however, when one of the hosts asks, “You think we could Airbnb that cottage?” referring to the charming English country house of Winslet’s character, Iris.

“That cottage doesn’t exist,” Law replies. He’s met with a barrage of gasps and exclamations from the show hosts. “Oooh, yeah,” he says.

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One of the interviewers laments, “That’s my dream home!” sharing a common sentiment among fans of the movie, many of whom have long hoped to one day vacation at the house.

Law then reveals the reason behind the heartbreaking bit of movie magic.

“So the director, she’s a bit of a perfectionist,” he says of rom-com mastermind Nancy Meyers. “She toured that whole area and didn’t quite find the chocolate box cottage she’s looking for,” he says. “So she just [rented] a field, and drew it and had someone build it.”

And because it was constructed as a facade for filming, the interiors viewers have long admired have never existed inside.

“So here’s the funny thing, if you watch it . . .We were shooting in the winter here. And every time I’d go in that door, we’d cut, and we shot the interiors in L.A. about three months later,” Law divulges.

He’s met with more outcry from his interviewers, who take turns chiding him: “Oh no, please stop! We don’t want to hear anymore! You’re ruining it! We can’t bear it.”

“Just burst the bubble. Sorry!” says Law, who does not look very sorry in the clip.

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However, thehouse that allegedlyinspiredit, Honeysuckle Cottage, is real. As recently as 2022, the property waslisted on Airbnbas a vacation rental but has seemingly since been removed from the platform.

PEOPLE previously reported that it waslisted for sale in 2018for $821,000. However, according to theformer listing, the three-bedroom, one-bath property in Surrey appears to have sold for $650,000.

source: people.com