Hollywood icon Dick Van Dyke is set to star on US soap Days of Our Lives at the age of 97.
The star has shown he has no intention of stopping acting as he is going to star as a “mystery man with amnesia” on the show.
The Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star will be starring alongside his gym pal Drake Hogestyn.
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Dick revealed his new project in a new interview with Access Hollywood.
The star said: “Drake and I went to the same gym together. I used to kid him, ‘Say don’t you ever have any parts for old people? Come on, give me a part!’ And he took me seriously. He got me a part.”
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He explained: “I have played old men before, but comedy old men. First time I ever just played my 97-year-old self.”
This comes after Dick was involved in a car crash last month.
The Mary Poppins actor, 97, allegedly lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a gate, leaving him with a bloody nose and possible concussion.
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TMZ reported that police officers arrived at the scene in Malibu and found the Hollywood icon behind the wheel of his 2018 Lexus LS 500.
The actor reportedly told officers that his car skidded in the rain which caused him to lose control and hit the gate.
According to TMZ sources, the Grammy award-winning star managed to avoid serious injury after coming away from the accident with a bloody nose and mouth.
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He was treated by paramedics at the scene who felt he didn’t need to go to the hospital and was then driven home by a friend.
The TV icon’s crash comes 10 years after he was involved in a terrifying accident when his car caught fire on a freeway in Los Angeles.
A passerby rescued Dick from the car and he was left uninjured, but the vehicle reportedly burnt down to its framework.
The actor made light of the situation not long after as he posted a photograph of the blackened, completely burnt-out car on Twitter, with the caption: “Used Jag for sale REAL CHEAP!!”
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