Actor who played little girl in The Holiday said people still say creepy phrase to her years later
An actress who appeared in The Holiday has told how some fans of the film leave her 'creeped out' due to a comment they continuously make.
Miffy Englefield starred as one of Jude Law's on-screen daughters in the hit 2006 film, which also stars Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz and Jack Black.
It's a cult classic which gets a lot of airtime during the festive season and it's also inspired a lot of people to replicate the house swapping scenario which is at the centre of the storyline.
Englefield was only six-years-old when she was cast as Sophie in the Christmas flick - which probably made her the envy of her school pals.
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And although she's swapped appearing on the big screen for social media these days, nearly two decades on from the release of The Holiday, people still remember the actress for her role.
She previously explained that she 'didn't really get the velocity' of what she was doing at the time, although it was 'very surreal' to be on a film set with A listers.
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Reflecting on her experience on the set of the film, Englefield, who hails from West Sussex, previously told the Daily Mail: "I was a pretty unusual six year old.
"I was very outlandish and overconfident, I think is the best way is to describe it. I couldn't have asked for better people to work with it. It was my best experience on any film set, easily."
The mother-of-one, 26, no longer sports her iconic ginger hair and fringe, while she obviously looks a lot different than she did nearly 20 years ago.
Although she appreciates still being recognised for her role, Englefield previously revealed that 'gross old men' regularly make a strange comment to her in relation to her role as Sophie.
And in a TikTok shared in 2022, she addressed how the weird remark makes her feel, according to The Mirror.
In the clip, Englefield explained: "When gross old men say things like 'I'm so glad you are still as cute as you were in The Holiday' to me.
"Relating how I looked as a child to how I look as a grown a** woman makes me all kinds of creeped out idk."
The actress - who also had roles in Casualty, The Whistleblowers and the short film Beautiful Enough - also previously told how her young daughter doesn't believe that it's her in The Holiday.
Englefield explained that her child Frankie struggled to comprehend 'why she had ginger hair' in the movie, as she's had black hair since she was born.
Thankfully, the little girl has now got her head around it...sort of.
"She still can’t quite get her head around the fact that I’m the lighter haired one," the mum told Metro last year.
"Every time she’s seen the clips she asks: 'Are you sure?' If you ask her now what film mummy was in she’s like 'The Holiday' which is lovely. I didn’t show her it, it was not out of my choice.
"My family and friends like to see it as just a constant running joke to bring it up as much as possible to embarrass me around Christmas."
The child star explained she previously 'couldn't stomach' watching the festive favourite as it made her 'cringe' seeing herself on screen, but she has since 'softened' towards the film after becoming a mother.
Olivia Burke