Killing Eve star Jodie Comer has crush on Mary Poppins’ Dick Van Dyke, 93
KILLING Eve star Jodie Comer has a crush on 93-year-old Mary Poppins actor Dick Van Dyke.
The actress, 26, told how she met the veteran — who mangled the cockney accent as chimney sweep Bert — at an awards bash.
He was nominated for film Mary Poppins Returns at the Golden Globes in Los Angeles while she was up for her role as an assassin in the BBC hit.
Asked, “Who would it be tough to restrain yourself from?” she replied: “Well, Dick Van Dyke.”
She quickly added on podcast Happy, Sad, Confused: “No, you don’t understand. He was at the Golden Globes and that was a real moment of kind of ‘gasp’ — I wish I could.
“Musicals were like my life growing up. I loved Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
“I went to see Chicago last night.”
Liverpudlian Jodie previously revealed she turned to acting after being axed from a Chicago dance routine in a school talent show.
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She explained: “Me and my three friends were doing the Cell Block Tango at the age of 12 — probably a little inappropriate, looking back.
“I was spending all my time on the computer and the girls had been in touch to say I couldn’t be in the dance any more because I wasn’t there to rehearse.
“My mum said, ‘Why don’t you ask your drama teacher if you can do your monologue? Do your own thing’.”
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