Turns out even magical nannies are afraid of heights.In PEOPLE’sThe Practically Perfect Guide to Mary Poppinsspecial edition,Mary Poppins ReturnsstarEmily Bluntreveals that flying around on set didn’t go as smoothly as she thought it would.“It was totally terrifying,” the actress tells PEOPLE of her aerial entrance scene. “I thought I was alright with heights, and then as I kept going higher I was like, ‘I don’t think I’m alright with heights! I actually think I’m very bad with heights!'”The actress plays the nanny in the upcoming film, which starsLin-Manuel Miranda,Meryl Streep,Colin Firth,Dick Van Dyke,Angela Lansburyplus many more, and serves as a sequel to the 1964 Disney original.Emily Blunt inMary Poppins Returns.Jay Maidment/DisneyWhile being lifted into the air with a harness and wire was scary for Blunt (“All I remember is looking down and seeing Miranda was like, that big,” she recalls), it was also an emotional experience.“You know you’re doing something special when everybody feels it, from the lighting guys, the grips, the catering guy,” she says. “One of the camera grips came up to me and he goes, ‘That was really emotional watching you come down like that.’ It was really sweet.”Mary Poppins Returnsopens Dec. 19.Go insideMary Poppins Returnswith People’sThe Practically Perfect Guide to Mary Poppinsspecial edition, including exclusive photos and interviews with Emily Blunt,Lin-Manuel Miranda, Meryl Streep & many more,available on Amazonand on stands now
Turns out even magical nannies are afraid of heights.
In PEOPLE’sThe Practically Perfect Guide to Mary Poppinsspecial edition,Mary Poppins ReturnsstarEmily Bluntreveals that flying around on set didn’t go as smoothly as she thought it would.
“It was totally terrifying,” the actress tells PEOPLE of her aerial entrance scene. “I thought I was alright with heights, and then as I kept going higher I was like, ‘I don’t think I’m alright with heights! I actually think I’m very bad with heights!'”
The actress plays the nanny in the upcoming film, which starsLin-Manuel Miranda,Meryl Streep,Colin Firth,Dick Van Dyke,Angela Lansburyplus many more, and serves as a sequel to the 1964 Disney original.
Emily Blunt inMary Poppins Returns.Jay Maidment/Disney
While being lifted into the air with a harness and wire was scary for Blunt (“All I remember is looking down and seeing Miranda was like, that big,” she recalls), it was also an emotional experience.
“You know you’re doing something special when everybody feels it, from the lighting guys, the grips, the catering guy,” she says. “One of the camera grips came up to me and he goes, ‘That was really emotional watching you come down like that.’ It was really sweet.”
Mary Poppins Returnsopens Dec. 19.
Go insideMary Poppins Returnswith People’sThe Practically Perfect Guide to Mary Poppinsspecial edition, including exclusive photos and interviews with Emily Blunt,Lin-Manuel Miranda, Meryl Streep & many more,available on Amazonand on stands now
source: people.com
