We had one of the Matildas, Oona Laurence, as one of the Banks children. It was just us and the best theater actors around. You're a theater site, so I'm gonna tell you all the cool theater stuff.īefore everyone was cast, we did a weeklong workshop in Disney's space while Aladdin was going on. It was like rehearsing a Broadway show, except we had more time. "Will we have the tools to do this?" That's why Rob Marshall, coming from the theater, was such a godsend. What was the second thought that crossed your mind after you signed on? It was a "go home, talk to Vanessa, do we want to move to London, do we want to make this our lives for a little bit?" She was all-in. It was a "yes" in my head on the spot, but nothing's a "yes" on the spot when you're married. Lin-Manuel Miranda (center) and the company of Disney's Mary Poppins Returns. And then Miranda went on his own adventure, one that relocated his family to London, found him acting opposite Van Dyke himself, and provided the kind of experiences beyond a theater geek's wildest dreams. Luckily, Miranda was sold on the idea of the sequel from the second he heard that Emily Blunt would follow in the footsteps of Julie Andrews. Miranda, in his first major leading role in a film, plays Jack, a lamplighter and former apprentice to Dick Van Dyke's beloved chimney sweep Bert, who joins Mary and the kids on their adventures. Travers, the film is set some 25 years after Disney's iconic nanny first left the Banks family, and now, following a great loss, grown-up Michael (Ben Whishaw), his three children, and sister Jane (Emily Mortimer) need Mary back more than ever. That was the big question that crossed Lin-Manuel Miranda's mind when director Rob Marshall and producer John DeLuca pitched him a role in their upcoming movie musical Mary Poppins Returns. "Who would ever imagine a sequel to Mary Poppins?"
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