• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • About Towleroad
  • Towleroad on Social Media
  • Privacy Policy

Towleroad Gay News

Gay Blog Towleroad: More than gay news | gay men

  • Travel
  • Sports
  • Law/Justice
  • Celebrities
  • Film/TV/Stream
  • Republicans
  • Madonna
  • Books
  • Men
  • Trans Rights
  • Tech/Science
  • Royals
  • Monkeypox

Dame Julie Andrews was daunted by Mary Poppins

Towleroad June 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

Published by
BANG Showbiz English
584737 origin 1

Dame Julie Andrews was frightened when she started filming on ‘Mary Poppins’.

The 86-year-old actress played the lead role in the iconic 1964 film but explained that she was terrified ahead of the movie which marked her feature film debut.

Recalling her first day on set, Julie told The Hollywood Reporter: “I would say hugely daunting. I remember all I had to do was walk across from right to left or something like that and say one line. I did, and they said, ‘Fine, print.’

“And I thought, well, I don’t know if I was acting enough or whatever I was supposed to be doing. But honestly, it was a great learning experience, and I learned about cameras and close-ups and lenses and all those kinds of things.”

Julie recalled how film bosses saved her flying sequences as the magical nanny until the end of production and revealed that she had a scary moment during one period in the air.

The ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ star said: “They saved all the flying stuff until the end in case of some kind of an accident. In which case, most of the stuff was already in the can.

“So I was up there for hours hanging around in my flying harness, doing bits and pieces and pickups and so on. And I felt myself drop like about a foot and I got panicked like you don’t believe and said, ‘I think I’m feeling a little nervous about this today. Could you let me down very carefully when I come down?’ And they said, ‘Yes. Down carefully, down carefully, Joe!’

Julie continued: “And then I dropped to the floor like a ton of bricks. Luckily there was a lot of balancing equipment helping me when I fell, so I didn’t thunder through the stage, but I did let fly a few expletives that I didn’t know if anybody had ever heard me utter before.

“Then there was this long silence and suddenly the gentleman from the back, who had been letting me down gently, said, ‘Is she down yet?'”

Topics: Entertainment, Aaon, Actor, FILM, Film/TV/Stream More Posts About: Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins

Related Posts
  • Sincerest apologies, Benedict. ‘Bridgerton’ 3 is for Colin & Penelope
  • Jonathan Groff Dressed as Mary Poppins When He Was 3: WATCH
  • ‘Mary Poppins’ Director Says He’d Be All for Sequel Focusing on LGBTQ Rights
  • Gay Man Tells Co-Worker to Stop Talking to Him About Her Pregnancy: ‘I Don’t Care’

    Gay Man Tells Co-Worker to Stop Talking to Him About Her Pregnancy: ‘I Don’t Care’

      Published by PopCrush   A man took to Reddit explaining he became frustrated after his co-worker began oversharing about her pregnancy with him. At first he didn’t mind talking to her about her pregnancy, but …Read More »
  • Biles, Denzel Washington, Rapinoe among winners of top US honor

    Biles, Denzel Washington, Rapinoe among winners of top US honor

    Published by AFP Simone Biles competing on the vault at the 2016 P&G Gymnastics Championships in St. Louis, Missouri Washington (AFP) – Gymnastics star Simone Biles, actor Denzel Washington and the late tech visionary Steve Jobs …Read More »
  • Trump thought marching to Capitol with rioting supporters would be ‘a dramatic made-for-TV moment’: report

    Trump thought marching to Capitol with rioting supporters would be ‘a dramatic made-for-TV moment’: report

    Published by Raw Story By Brad Reed A new report from the Washington Post provides more details about former President Donald Trump’s desire to match to the Capitol with supporters who would subsequently illegally break into …Read More »
  • In Switzerland, first same-sex couples say “I do”

    In Switzerland, first same-sex couples say “I do”

    Published by Reuters By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and Arnd Wiegmann SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland (Reuters) – Alois Carnier, 57, and Peter Leu, 67, said “wholeheartedly, I do” to each other on Friday as same-sex marriages became legal in …Read More »
Previous Post: « How a battery shortage is hampering the U.S. switch to wind, solar power
Next Post: Factbox: U.S. House panel scrutinizes the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack »

Primary Sidebar

News

  • Horseshoe crabs: ‘Living fossils’ vital for vaccine safety

    Horseshoe crabs: ‘Living fossils’ vital for vaccine safety

  • ‘A Disgusting Sight In Any Case’: Vladimir Putin Fires Back After G7 Leaders Joke About His Infamous Horse-Riding Picture

    ‘A Disgusting Sight In Any Case’: Vladimir Putin Fires Back After G7 Leaders Joke About His Infamous Horse-Riding Picture

  • Russia abandons Snake Island in victory for Ukraine

    Russia abandons Snake Island in victory for Ukraine

RSS Partner Links

  • Rebel Wilson confesses she’s “lost all control” while on holiday at an all-inclusive resort
  • Saturday Round-Up: Danny Roberts; Andrew Ahn; Tessa Thompson; Billy Porter; Elliot Page; Dan Jervis & more!
  • Saturday 'Stache
  • Kathryn Gallagher Releases New Song 'Read It In The Paper' About Finding Out an Ex Was Engaged
  • Amanda Bynes Ditches Bright Yellow Hair for a Lighter Blonde Look (New Photos)
  • DM: The Palace buried the bullying inquiry to protect the ‘defensive’ Sussexes
  • “Brie Larson’s social media presence is a bit lonely and offbeat” links

Most Recent

  • Mac Engel Column: WNBA player speaks honest truth about Brittney Griner: ‘If this was Shaq, he’d be home’

    Mac Engel Column: WNBA player speaks honest truth about Brittney Griner: ‘If this was Shaq, he’d be home’

  • Gay Man Tells Co-Worker to Stop Talking to Him About Her Pregnancy: ‘I Don’t Care’

    Gay Man Tells Co-Worker to Stop Talking to Him About Her Pregnancy: ‘I Don’t Care’

  • Biles, Denzel Washington, Rapinoe among winners of top US honor

    Biles, Denzel Washington, Rapinoe among winners of top US honor

  • Trump thought marching to Capitol with rioting supporters would be ‘a dramatic made-for-TV moment’: report

    Trump thought marching to Capitol with rioting supporters would be ‘a dramatic made-for-TV moment’: report

  • In Switzerland, first same-sex couples say “I do”

    In Switzerland, first same-sex couples say “I do”

  • Valkyrie’s sexuality was a big topic of conversation, says Tessa Thompson

    Valkyrie’s sexuality was a big topic of conversation, says Tessa Thompson

  • ‘Soft’ playwright Donja R. Love uses his own HIV+ diagnosis to illuminate his theatrical work

    ‘Soft’ playwright Donja R. Love uses his own HIV+ diagnosis to illuminate his theatrical work

  • Analysis-After abortion, conservative U.S. justices take aim at other precedents

    Analysis-After abortion, conservative U.S. justices take aim at other precedents

Most Commented

Social

Twitter @tlrd | Facebook | Instagram @tlrd
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • About Towleroad
  • Towleroad on Social Media
  • Privacy Policy
[towleroadmr] [towleroadtn]

Footer

Copyright © 2022 · Log in