Why Robert Downey Jr. Was Left Out Of The Holiday By Kate Winslet

“That was the worst British accent I’ve ever heard!”

And if Robert Downey Jr.. had been in love with Cameron Diaz and the brother of Kate Winslet In The Holidayin the place of Jude Law ?

In 2005, the actor who would become a superstar thanks to Marvel and Iron Man three years later, auditioned for the lead role in the film by Nancy Meyers. He tells today in the Howard Stern Show why it went wrong at the time:

“I was just called to fill a chair. Nancy Meyers needed someone to read with the girls and with Jimmy Fallon (who was auditioning for the role of Jack Black in the film), we really felt it! We thought it was going to do it! Jude Law.”

SO Robert Downey Jr.born and raised in New York, has decided to play it British to the core:

“I told myself that I had to have a better English accent than Jude Law to beat him! Except that Kate Winslet did not like. She quipped: ‘That was the worst British accent I’ve ever heard!’ So, I dropped the case. I understood that I had to leave…”

And Nancy Meyer ended up confirming: “She said to us: It’s great, but it’s just not the perfect match that I want…” Jude Law thus won the battle The Holiday.