Olivia Wilde gushes over 'smitten-worthy' “House” costar Hugh Laurie: 'The dreamiest dreamboat'
Olivia Wilde gushes over 'smitten-worthy' “House” costar Hugh Laurie: 'The dreamiest dreamboat'
Emlyn TravisMon, June 29, 2026 at 6:48 PM UTC
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Olivia Wilde and Hugh Laurie on 'House'Credit: Adam Taylor/FOXKey Points -
Olivia Wilde is giving her House costar Hugh Laurie his flowers.
The actress, who joined the show in 2007, opened up about working with Laurie on a recent Armchair Expert podcast episode.
"We're buddies. He's the coolest," she said.
Olivia Wilde is sharing her deep admiration for her House costar, Hugh Laurie.
The actress and director reflected on working alongside the “smitten-worthy” Laurie on a recent episode of the Armchair Expertpodcast.
“That show had such wide reach in a way that I had no idea,” Wilde told host Dax Shepard. “And even now, anywhere I am on the planet, there's a House fan.”
Wilde and LaurieCredit: Frazer Harrison/Getty
Wilde joined the medical drama during its fourth season as Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley in 2007, a member of House's new diagnostic team alongside Dr. Lawrence Kutner (Kal Penn), and Dr. Chris Taub (Peter Jacobson). The series also starred Omar Epps, Lisa Edelstein, Robert Sean Leonard, Jesse Spencer, Jennifer Morrison, and more.
Shepard admitted that while he’s not typically a medical drama fan, he was drawn to the Emmy-winning series because of Laurie’s stern performance as the titular physician. When asked if she was similarly “smitten with him,” Wilde responded, “He is so smitten-worthy. No, he's so smart.”
“I loved him on Jeeves and Wooster, and he had done all sorts of interesting comedy in the English comedy theater world that I was obsessed with,” she said of Laurie. “Meeting him, ugh, I mean, the dreamiest dreamboat. And so gracious, and had all these kids around him, really, that he was so sweet and encouraging [toward].”
The Booksmart director explained that she and Laurie “spent a lot of time together” on set, too. “We did, like, 19 hour days,” she recalled. “I think the show went eight years. I did, I think, four years.”
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Wilde eventually left House in 2011 to pursue film opportunities, but noted that the show had always been supportive of her career. “I started doing movies in the off season,” she explained. “I had a deal with them where I would get paid less, but it meant I could go do movies.”
Wilde added, “It was really nice of them to let me do that. But I knew I couldn't stay. And it was because the hours were, I mean, poor Hugh.”
She also remembered a lighthearted quote that Laurie, who is British, once gave about how he navigated his character's American accent while on the show.
“Someone said, ‘What is it like acting with an accent on the show?’ And he said, ‘It's like everyone else is playing with a tennis racket and I have a salmon,’” Wilde said. “It's so perfectly, like, evocative."
Wilde added, "He's so good. I learned a lot from him. We're buddies. He's the coolest.”
Listen to Wilde talk about Laurie in the clip above.
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