In addition to this major emotional beat for the movie that will belong to the actor, the trailers for the film have shown us that Van Dyke will also be part of a significant song and dance number.
This may also be a showstopper as both Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda say that Van Dyke was incredibly agile.
In this era of reboots, sequels, and franchise focused filmmaking, it’s far from uncommon for new movies to bring in actors from previous versions for little cameos, but it seems that Mary Poppins Returns isn’t settling for just a cameo for Dick Van Dyke.
They were expecting to need to help him on to a desk at one point during filming, but he waved them away and did it himself.