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Post by beth on Dec 8, 2018 22:05:35 GMT -5
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Post by beth on Dec 8, 2018 22:12:55 GMT -5
Making of 'Mary Poppins Returns': How Rob Marshall Returned Disney's "Guarded Jewel" to the Big Screen. It took 50-plus years and multiple studio heads, but Disney is finally bringing its universally beloved character back to the screen with the 'Chicago' director at the helm. Says star Lin-Manuel Miranda: "It's like defying gravity with a grin on your face." If you're going to play Mary Poppins, it helps to be comfortable with heights. "It turns out I am not," says Emily Blunt, star of Mary Poppins Returns, Disney's $130 million, 54-years-in-the-making sequel to the 1964 classic that opens Dec. 19. "There was this scene we did near Big Ben — just me on a wire, harnessed within an inch of my life, dangling 50 feet in the air. For some reason I really lost my nerve doing that one. I did three takes and shouted, 'I'm done! Bring me down!' I don't know why." It may have been more than just a fear of flying. Returning P.L. Travers' umbrella-toting magical nanny to the screen was a task not even a shovelful of sugar could have made any less daunting. And not only for Blunt — who was taking on a role that Julie Andrews had been practically perfect for in every way — but also for Disney and director Rob Marshall. The original film is the crown jewel of the studio's live-action library, the most honored movie in its history (13 Oscar nominations, with five wins, including best picture, best actress and best original score). It was Disney's biggest box-office smash of the 1960s, grossing $31 million domestically, about $250 million in today's dollars — a windfall that helped bankroll the construction of Walt Disney World. After five decades of theatrical rereleases (in 17 different languages), scores of TV broadcasts, multiple home video sets ($180 million from DVD sales alone) and countless digital downloads, it may well be the most-seen, best-loved children's film of all time — a jolly movie memory for billions around the world. "It's such a nostalgic film for so many people," says Blunt, who didn't want to be the one to mess all that up. "So when Rob Marshall called to offer me the role, my first reaction was pretty much abject terror." www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/how-rob-marshall-returned-disneys-guarded-jewel-big-screen-1166094 |
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Post by beth on Dec 8, 2018 22:13:44 GMT -5
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Post by mouse on Dec 9, 2018 3:37:01 GMT -5
am looking forward to seeing this one..sny thing with Julie walters in is usually very good
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