Van Dyke appeared in the original film as Bert, the optimistic chimney sweep, opposite Julie Andrews as the eponymous Mary Poppins, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"There was a spirit about that thing from the very beginning. Walt (Disney) had me in, and I heard the score and saw the scenes storyboarded on a wall, and I just knew...
"This one supposedly takes place 20 years later and the kids are all grown up. It's a great cast - Meryl Streep, Angela Lansbury and that guy (Lin-Manuel Miranda) from Hamilton.
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