Mary Poppins Returns
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Blunt
- In Emily Blunt: A Quiet Place and Oppenheimer
In Mary Poppins Returns (2018) Blunt took on the mantle of the eponymous nanny, garnering reviews that declared her performance “practically perfect in every way.” She later starred with Jon Hamm in the dramedy Wild Mountain Thyme (2020) and with Dwayne Johnson in Jungle Cruise (2021),…
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Firth
- In Colin Firth
…the Fidelity Fiduciary Bank, in Mary Poppins Returns. Firth then portrayed a British general in the World War I drama 1917 (2019), which was directed by Sam Mendes. His credits from 2020 included an adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden and the drama Supernova
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Lansbury
- In Angela Lansbury
Popper’s Penguins (2011), and Mary Poppins Returns (2018).
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Miranda
- In Lin-Manuel Miranda
” In the musical Mary Poppins Returns (2018) he assumed the mantle of lamplighter and sidekick to the eponymous nanny. Miranda then starred in the TV series His Dark Materials (2019– ), which was based on Philip Pullman’s best-selling fantasy trilogy. He later directed his first feature film, tick,…
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Streep
- In Meryl Streep: Later films and television work
…to the eponymous character in Mary Poppins Returns (both 2018). In 2019 Streep took a turn on television, joining the critically acclaimed cast of the HBO series Big Little Lies for its second season. That same year she starred in The Laundromat, Steven Soderbergh’s farce about the Panama Papers scandal,…
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Van Dyke
- In Dick Van Dyke
…later made an appearance in Mary Poppins Returns (2018), cast as Mr. Dawes Junior—a descendant of Mr. Dawes Senior, whom he had played in the original musical. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1995, and in 2021 he received a Kennedy Center Honor.
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