Emily Blunt Gushes About Working With “Inspiration” Meryl Streep in Mary Poppins Returns
We all know that Mary Poppins Returns is going to be just as supercalifragilisticexpialidocious as the original - and not just because Emily Blunt has already wowed everyone as the magical nanny we all know and love.
The sequel to the 1964 musical film also serves as a reunion for Blunt and Meryl Streep, two women who are known to bring more than a spoonful of sugar to the screen whenever they work together.Mary Poppins Returns marks the third time Blunt and Streep have shared the silver screen.
Their first film together was the 2006 megahit The Devil Wears Prada, in which Blunt played the assistant at her wits' end to Streep's iconically monstrous boss.
The second was in 2014's Into the Woods, which saw Streep as the witch who cursed the womb of Blunt's peasant woman.
Now, the two are bringing to life Mary Poppins and her "gravity-challenged" cousin Topsy,