Kate Winslet takes playful jab at Robert Downey Jr’s ‘dreadful’ accent as she recalls his ‘The Holiday’ audition
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNA: Kate Winslet recalled the time when Robert Downey Jr auditioned for a role in the 2006 film, ‘The Holiday,’ which was eventually done by Jude Law.
During an appearance on ‘The Tonight Show’, the actress did not miss the chance to tease the ‘Iron Man’ star when Jimmy Fallon asked her about it, Variety reported.
Kate Winslet gives details about ‘The Holiday’ reading
Fallon was also reportedly present at the time as he was doing reading for a role, finally done by Jack Black.
She shared, “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.”
The ‘Titanic’ actress continued, “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.”
Winslet then went on to reveal, “Robert Downey Jr then did an English accent but I thought it was an Australian accent. I thought, ‘That’s bad. That’s not going to work. Who is going to tell him that sounds dreadful?’”
Kate Winslet mocks Robert Downey Jr
Fallon tried to defend Downey Jr by saying he “sounded great". "It sounded perfect.”
However, the 48-year-old actress was in full mood to roast him as she added, “It wasn’t actually that great. But that’s sweet of you to have said that…what a hoot. Here [Robert] is now winning everything [for ‘Oppenheimer’].”
Winslet also mentioned how people loved her in ‘The Holiday’.
She told Fallon, “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,” she disclosed.
Robert Downey Jr shared his ‘The Holiday’ audition experience
This came in 2023 when the ‘Oppenheimer’ actor recalled on ‘The Howard Stern Show’ ‘The Holiday’ audition, which he did not pass.
He reportedly shared, “[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,” Downey Jr stated.
