Van Dyke will play Mr Dawes Jr in Mary Poppins Returns, confirming that Disney welcomed him back to the role with open arms.
Yet, while the actor famously played the charismatic cockney chimney sweep Bert, many people do not realise that Van Dyke played a secondary role in the children’s classic; Mr Dawes Sr, the old director of the bank where Mr Banks works.
It’s hard to imagine the original Mary Poppins without Dick Van Dyke.
Pressed by Miranda, who plays a former apprentice of Bert’s in the new film, about whether he actually paid the money, Van Dyke answered: “And I’d do it again.”