“When [director] Rob Marshall called me about this role he left a cryptic message, so I called him back and when he uttered the name Mary Poppins, I thought, ‘Wow!’
Blunt stars in Mary Poppins Returns alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda (Jack), Meryl Streep (Topsy-Turvy Poppins), Ben Whishaw (Michael Banks), and Emily Mortimer (Jane Banks).
That means fans should brace themselves for a no-nonsense magical nanny in Mary Poppins Returns who means business.
Elewhere in the interview, Blunt warns that audiences shouldn’t expect the sweet Mary Poppins that they saw in the first film.