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Imelda Staunton is "really thrilled" to have been made a Dame. The 68-year-old actress has received the honour for her services to drama and charity and paid tribute to others in her field who have been recognised over the years upon hearing the news. She said: "I am really thrilled to be the recipient of this honour. “I feel genuinely humbled to be recognised on the same level as the amazing actresses, all the great Dames, who have led the way for so many of us. “It is their talent, dedication, wit and energy that have paved the way for us all and have set the standards to which we all aspire...
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Chris Pine's life was changed by 'The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement'. The 43-year-old actor starred alongside Dame Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway in the 2004 rom-com, and Chris acknowledges that shooting the movie was a life-changing moment for him. Chris - who played the part of Nicholas Devereaux in the film - told the 'Today' show: "I just remember distinctly knowing in that moment that my life had changed somehow. "It was the height of summer and I was getting off at Magnolia. I was on my little Verizon tiny little flip phone, my silver one, and I got a call from my agents that I b...
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Dame Julie Andrews "doubted" she would ever make it as a star. The 88-year-old actress started out touring the UK as a child singer when it was discovered she had a freak four-octave soprano range and later became the breadwinner of her family due to circumstances but never imagined she would ever truly make it as big as she did. Speaking on CBS Sunday Mornings, she said: "Yes, I was [paying the mortgage] eventually. We needed cash, dreadfully, so eventually when I was about 15 I went out on my own, all around England, around and around. I was part of the family trying to do it but eventually,...
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Dame Julie Andrews thought Dick Van Dyke was "really gorgeous" when they first met. The 88-year-old actress starred alongside the Hollywood icon in the 1964 Disney film 'Mary Poppins', and Julie has now admitted to being wowed by her co-star. She said on 'Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic': "As I arrived on that very first day, Dick was already working with the choreographers and the dancers." Julie remembers her co-star looking "young, fit as can be and really gorgeous". The actress added: "I’d never made a movie before, and I’d given birth to my lovely daughter Emma nearly six weeks earlier, a...
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Dame Julie Andrews was upset when Audrey Hepburn was cast as Eliza in 'My Fair Lady'. Although Julie, 87, had won rave reviews for the role on stage, Warner Bros' Jack Warner opted to cast Audrey in the lead for the feature film. Julie told US Closer magazine: "Though I totally understood why Audrey had been chosen for the role (I’d never made a movie and was a relative unknown compared to her worldwide fame), I felt sad that I would never have the chance to put my version of Eliza on film." However, Julie had her revenge when she went on to win an Oscar and Golden Globe for 'Mary Poppins' and...
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Dame Julie Andrews "let fly a stream of expletives" on the 'Mary Poppins' set. The 87-year-old actress was a celebrated stage star before she made her feature film debut in Walt Disney's 'Mary Poppins' in 1964 and Julie admitted she found some of the stunts, where her alter-ego Poppins flew through the air, painful and dangerous. Revealing that the harness she wore left bruises and she was once dropped from a height, Julie told US Closer magazine: "I landed hard and was quite shaken. I have to admit, I let fly a stream of colourful expletives." However, Disney was a big fan of Andrews and even...
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Dame Julie Andrews is happy to remain "in the background" on 'Bridgerton'. The 87-year-old actress voices the narrator, Lady Whistledown, in the Netflix period drama, and Julie insists she's likely to remain off-camera in season three of the show. Asked about the possibility of appearing in front of the camera, the iconic actress told 'Entertainment Tonight': "No, no, no. You know who Lady Whistledown really is, so I'm afraid it stays with me in the background." Despite this, Julie insisted that she's happy to remain out of the spotlight. The veteran star - who joined the cast in late 2020 - s...
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Anne Hathaway has admitted the long wait for 'The Princess Diaries 3' is "frustrating". Rumours of a third instalment in the series - which featured Hathaway as an ordinary teen who discovers she's actually royalty - have been swirling for years but in November it was finally confirmed that Disney are working on a third film - but Anne has told fans to have patience because it could take a while to get going. Speaking to PEOPLE.com at the Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah over the weekend (21.01.23-22.01.23), she explained: "We feel the exact same, and I know it's probably very fr...
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Dame Julie Andrews doubts she will be reprising her role in 'The Princess Diaries 3'. The Hollywood legend portrayed Clarisse Renaldi, the Queen regent of Genovia, in the pair of Disney films alongside Anne Hathaway as her granddaughter Mia Thermopolis, but she believes their ages make it impossible for them to return as the queen and princess. In an interview with Access Hollywood, 87-year-old Andrews said: “I think we know that it’s probably not going to be possible. “It was talked about very shortly after [the second sequel] came out, but it’s now how many years since then? And I am that mu...
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Steve Carell wants Will Ferrell to star in the next 'Minions' film. The 59-year-old actor voices the part of Gru in 'Minions: The Rise of Gru', and he'd love to see Will or comedian Stephen Colbert feature in a 'Minions' movie one day. He shared: "I'd love Stephen Colbert to be in one, I would love Will Ferrell to be in one, I mean, boy, any one of my friends I'd love to do one. "They're so much fun because they're very collaborative, you can play around, you can kind of try anything, there's no wrong way to do it, and I think you can tell when you watch them, they're very freewheeling. "All o...
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