Kate Winslet remembers Robert Downey Jr.’s “dreadful” audition for ‘The Holiday’: “That’s not going to work”
nme.comKate Winslet has shared her memories of Robert Downey Jr.’s audition for The Holiday, which she has described as “dreadful”.The actress was appearing on The Tonight Show when host Jimmy Fallon brought up the audition, for which he was also present. “I remember it extremely well, I really do,” Winslet said.
At the time, Winslet had already been cast in her role, but Fallon and Downey Jr. were competing for the role that eventually went to Jude Law.“We were told it was just a reading,” Winslet continued. “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.”“Robert Downey Jr. then did an English accent but I thought it was an Australian accent,” she added. “I thought, ‘That’s bad.
That’s not going to work. Who is going to tell him that sounds dreadful?’”In the film, Winslet and Cameron Diaz play two lovelorn women from opposite sides of the Atlantic who arrange a home swap for the Christmas period.
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