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'Mary Poppins Returns' greatest Easter eggs — including the key callback that unlocks the film's ending (SPOILERS!)
Director Rob Marshall highlights some of the surprising references to the classic Disney film. Plus, why he cut the word "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
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Dick Van Dyke says he PAID Walt Disney $4000 to play banker in 'Mary Poppins'
Dick Van Dyke so wanted to play two roles in Mary Poppins that he paid Walt Disney for the privilege. Van Dyke was already signed up to play Bert the chimney sweep in the classic children’s fantasy movie, but he also wanted to play the role of the doddering Mr Dawes Sr, the tyrannical boss of David Tomlinson’s George Banks at the Dawes Tomes Mousley Grubbs Fidelity Fiduciary Bank. In a televised interview on ABC with Lin-Manuel Miranda, who stars in the forthcoming Mary Poppins Returns, Van Dyke revealed: “When they made me up as the old man in [the original movie], I had to go to go to Walt and ask him for the part, he didn’t give it to me.
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Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda Praise Dick Van Dyke's Energy at 92 in Mary Poppins Returns
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Emily Blunt Praise Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins Returns
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How 'Mary Poppins Returns' connects to the original 1964 film
What are the narrative threads that connect 'Mary Poppins Returns' to the original, and how come Mary hasn't aged?
