Dick Van Dyke confirms part in Mary Poppins sequel

[brooklynite]

The Guardian:

Dick Van Dyke, the actor still best known for his dual turn as chimney sweep Bert and banker Mr Dawes in the 1964 classic Mary Poppins, has said he will feature in the forthcoming sequel.

Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, he said: “This one supposedly takes place 20 years later and the kids are all grown up. It’s a great cast – Meryl Streep, Angela Lansbury and that guy [Lin-Manuel Miranda] from Hamilton.”

The 91-year-old actor told Entertainment Tonight that he would be playing the banker’s son in the sequel, which shoots in the spring. “I’ll be going to London in the spring to do my role,” he said, “and I get to do a little song-and-dance number. I gotta be a part of it.”

The sequel is set in the 1930s and involves the now grown up children being paid a visit by their former nanny following a bereavement. Colin Firth, Emily Mortimer, Emily Blunt and Ben Whishaw have also signed up.

[dhol82]

1. Love Dick but, that accent. Oy!

Maybe he can get some vocal coaching this time around.

[brooklynite]

2. Dick Van Dyke: "Someone should have told me I needed to work on my Cockney accent"

Someone should have told me I needed to work on my Cockney accent. Nearly everyone in the Mary Poppins cast was a Brit but no one said anything. I was given an Irish coach whose Cockney was much better than mine. Years later I asked Julie [Andrews]: “Why didn’t you tell me?” She said it was because I was working so hard.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/17/dick-van-dyke-someone-should-have-told-me-to-work-on-my-cockney-accent

[KittyWampus]

3. Thanks for that. LOVE YOU DICK!

[dhol82]

5. Frankly, that was not kind of the British cast.

If they heard it, they should have said something.
He's been ribbed about it since the premier.

[madokie]

4. Good guy

good actor and a good ass Democratic Party member. LOVE him

[hunter]

6. Mary Poppins was the first movie I saw in a movie theater.

My grandma took us so my mom could have some alone time with our newest sibling.

My grandma was a very brave woman. We were wild things. She's lucky she didn't lose one of us in the dark.

That was a long time ago. I'm looking forward to this movie.