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Dick Van Dyke Recalls Filming ‘Mary Poppins’ With ‘Gorgeous’ Julie Andrews


Dick Van Dyke called Julie Andrews ‘cool as a cucumber’ in her 1964 feature film debut

On the ​​Wednesday, June 26 episode of The Hollywood Reporter ‘s “Awards Chatter” podcast, Van Dyke, 98, reminisced about working with Julie Andrews, who seemed “like she had done a whole lot of movies,” despite it being her first feature film after her early successes onstage on the West End and Broadway. In Mary Poppins, Van Dyke played chimney sweep Bert (with a quick cameo as bank owner Mr. Dawes Sr.), opposite Andrews’ titular role as a magical nanny. Dick Van Dyke, Julie Andrews, Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber in “Mary Poppins”Disney/Cover ImagesIn 2006, the movie placed No.

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