![]() ![]() The new film is expected to be released in 2014, fifty years after Mary Poppins hit the big screen. She died aged 96 still upset about what had happened. ![]() ![]() Her experiences with Walt Disney were so bruising that when the stage version was first mooted she agreed on the proviso that 'no Americans' would be involved. But to her surprise, as well as mine, Disney turned her into a very pretty girl, which really loses the point.' 'She was quite prepared to put on a black wig, with a knob of hair at the back, and a turned-up nose. 'Julie Andrews, a friend of mine, has all the necessary integrity to play the part – she was just directed wrongly.' she said later. She then refused ever to work with Disney on any other project, preventing them doing a sequel to the much-loved film. This culminated in her being stopped from attending the film's premiere, but she managed to sneak in and watched the film in floods of tears. She constantly contacted the studio throughout filming with objections and attacked its producers and director. Bestseller: The author wrote eight books before she died aged 96, selling many copies across the worldīut from there the relationship then turned sour. ![]()
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