US actor apologises more than half century after ‘inflicting most atrocious cockney accent in history of cinema’ in Disney filmDick Van Dyke has apologised for the “most atrocious cockney accent in the history of cinema” more than half a century after his role in the 1964 Disnery classic Mary Poppins. Van Dyke, 91, was chosen this week by Bafta to receive the Britannia award for excellence in television. We have no doubt it will be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.”Van Dyke recently announced that he would be doing “a little song and dance number” in the Mary Poppins sequel. He will play the part of Mr Dawes Jr, chairman of Fidelity Fiduciary bank, alongside Emily Blunt as the nanny extraordinaire in Mary Poppins Returns. Van Dyke rose to prominence in films including Bye Bye Birdie, Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as well as his 60s TV sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show.

Source: The Guardian July 21, 2017 16:52 UTC