Julie Andrews insisted she’s not bitter and supports the Emily Blunt sequel to her classic “Mary Poppins” movie, but she totally snubbed the project — turning down a whopping $1 million paycheck for a small cameo! “Seeing someone else in the role she made a classic seems to be too much for Julie,” an insider told The National ENQUIRER. “It reminds her she’s gotten old and can’t sing songs like ‘A Spoon Full of Sugar’ in her great voice ever again. That would upset anyone.” Read on for details of Julie’s new-“Poppins” snub, and click here for more classic Hollywood news….
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Officially, the octogenarian star, whose fabulous voice was destroyed when cancerous nodules were removed from her throat in 1997, told director Rob Marshall she was “one thousand percent” behind the new version and its star (right).
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“This is Emily’s show,” she said. “I don’t want it to be, ‘Oh, here comes that other Mary Poppins. I don’t want that.” The cast also features Lin-Manuel Miranda, Emily Mortimer and Colin Firth.
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Still, her now 93-year-old "Poppins" co-star
Dick Van Dyke, who played chimney sweep Bert, signed on — doing a three-minute dance on top of a desk. But Julie, who’s done voices for animated flicks "Shrek" and "Despicable Me," totally turned her back.
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“Everyone wanted Julie on board because she is Mary Poppins,” said a source. ”But she wasn’t interested, no matter how big the financial carrot dangled in front of her,” which isn’t super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Officially, the octogenarian star, whose fabulous voice was destroyed when cancerous nodules were removed from her throat in 1997, told director Rob Marshall she was “one thousand percent” behind the new version and its star (right).
Photo credit: Getty Images
“This is Emily’s show,” she said. “I don’t want it to be, ‘Oh, here comes that other Mary Poppins. I don’t want that.” The cast also features Lin-Manuel Miranda, Emily Mortimer and Colin Firth.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Still, her now 93-year-old "Poppins" co-star
Dick Van Dyke, who played chimney sweep Bert, signed on — doing a three-minute dance on top of a desk. But Julie, who’s done voices for animated flicks "Shrek" and "Despicable Me," totally turned her back.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“Everyone wanted Julie on board because she is Mary Poppins,” said a source. ”But she wasn’t interested, no matter how big the financial carrot dangled in front of her,” which isn’t super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious.
Photo credit: Getty Images
