Amid recent speculation of a possible sequel for The Holiday, Kate Winslet has shared her thoughts on the matter with Deadline.
On Friday, during an interview about her new film Lee, in which she stars as photographer Lee Miller, Winslet laid The Holiday sequel drama to rest—at least, from her point of view. “Honestly, it’s never come up,” she said. “I promise you.”
Winslet’s Holiday co-star Jude Law caused major excitement last week when he temporarily re-enacted his character’s famous ‘bit’ as ‘Mr. Napkin Head’. The moment happened during a lunch Law was having with the film’s writer-director Nancy Meyers, following his star-receiving ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Meyers asked Law if he thought there was going to be a sequel and he responded by putting his napkin on his head like his Holiday character. Then, when Meyers posted the video of Law’s napkin antics on Instagram, fans immediately began wildly speculating Law was confirming a sequel.
In the original 2006 film, Winslet stars as Iris, a put-upon book editor who swaps her English countryside cottage with the LA home of Amanda, a movie trailer editor played by Cameron Diaz. While staying at Iris’s home, Amanda falls for Iris’s widowed brother Graham (Law), who occasionally entertains his kids by putting a napkin on his head—hence the name ‘Mr. Napkin Head’. Meanwhile, in LA, Iris falls for Miles, played by Jack Black.
Jude Law at lunch last week (left) and as Graham in ‘The Holiday’ (right)
Nancy Myers Instagram/Columbia Pictures
Winslet did, however, suggest a sequel would not have been a bad idea. “Actually, I suppose, I’ve been quite surprised that it never came up,” she said, “because it’s the kind of film that probably would lend itself quite well to a sequel, but it has honestly never come up.”
Law told ComicBook.com recently that he would only return for a follow-up if Meyers was on board. “That all lands in Nancy Meyers’ lap,” he said. “So she would only do it if it was a really robust idea and then it would be whether the four of us would come back. I would be curious to see what they’re all doing.”
Law—who is currently starring in The Order—caused another ruckus among fans of the film in November when he revealed that Iris’s cute country cottage was not actually a real house. In an interview on BBC Radio 2, he said that Meyers had “toured that whole area and didn’t quite find the chocolate-box cottage she was looking for, so she just hired a field, and drew [the house] and had someone build it.” He also burst any remaining fan bubbles by adding that the home’s interiors were shot in an LA studio.