Seal of approval – check.
Julie Andrews responded to the news that Emily Blunt would be the next Mary Poppins in the best way we could think of.
Julie played the iconic role back in 1964 and this new movie is set to be a sequel, rather than a remake, with Emily playing the lead role. Emily was chatting to EW and revealed what Julie said after finding out she was cast.
Emily explained, “Rob (the director) said he was in the Hamptons, and he saw [Julie], and he said, ‘It’s top secret, but Emily Blunt’s playing Mary Poppins’. And she went, ‘Oh, wonderful!’, and I felt like I wanted to cry. It was lovely to get her stamp of approval. That took the edge off it, for sure.”
She appreciates how important the role is to everyone saying, “I feel a little more trepidation with this [character] because she’s so emblematic of people’s nostalgia. It’s such an important character in people’s childhood.”
The new movie will be set 20 years after the original movie when Mary is back in the Banks house to help overcome a family tragedy.
Emily gave some further details on the movie saying, “We’re delving into the books a lot more, which is a different version of the character, I’ll say that much. She’s a little meaner, yeah.”
It’s due out Christmas 2018 so another while to wait yet.
