Parade, Dick Van Dyke and Lin-Manual Miranda—co-star collaborators in the new Mary Poppins Returns (in theaters Dec. 19)—spread the love for song, dance and Disney delights.
In this weekend’s Parade, Dick Van Dyke and Lin-Manual Miranda—co-star collaborators in the new Mary Poppins Returns (in theaters Dec. 19)—spread the love for song, dance and Disney delights.
Legendary Van Dyke, who’ll turn 93 on Dec. 13, also starred in the original Mary Poppins, released in 1964. The actor had to collect himself the day he reported to the London set of Mary Poppins Returns: “I went to tears because it just took me back. They re-created the neighborhood of where the Banks family lived right down to the last detail. Such memories! I could tell this group really wanted to pay homage to the original.”
Miranda, 38, the Tony- and Grammy-winning maestro of the musical Hamilton, stars in Mary Poppins Returns as Jack, a streetlamp lighter who’s a longtime friend of the magical flying nanny played by Emily Blun). He recalls growing up on Disney movies, and Mary Poppins in particular. “‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ is every smart kids’ theme song because you’d run around on the playground and be, like, ‘Can you spell it?’” he says. “It was a cool spelling litmus test!”