Dick Van Dyke has admitted he struggles with his short-term memory.
However, the veteran actor, 98, has insisted he has no plans to retire despite having issues recalling key moments in his career. Dick says he can’t remember his role in 2018’s Mary Poppins Returns.
In the film, he played bank manager Mr Dawes Junior. Mary Poppins will remember he famously starred as Bert and Mr Dawes Senior in the original film all the way back in 1964, where he starred alongside the likes of Julie Andrews.
READ MORE: Jennifer Lopez unrecognisable before fame in saucy Janet Jackson music video
READ MORE: Click for more brilliant Daily Star TV stories
He told Deadline: “I can’t remember what I had for breakfast, but my long-term memory is only getting better.”
(Image: CBS via Getty Images)
Asked to share any memories from the time he returned to the Mary Poppins franchise six years ago, he revealed: “I have to be honest, I can’t remember. I really can’t.”
But the iconic American actor is not slowing down anytime soon, because he has plans to tour in a one-man show. He said: “I’d still like to do a one man-show.
(Image: Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock)
Cary Grant did it. And Gregory Peck. Went on the road and talked about their careers. I think it’d be fun.”
He also returned to TV with a guest part in soap Days Of Our Lives. Dick, who has earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for his latest appearance, said: “I’ve just done my first soap opera, never done that before! I played an old guy, of course, in a wheelchair. My wife [Arlene Silver, 52] played my attendant”.
(Image: Getty Images)
Despite his incredible career, Dick doesn’t see himself as a legend. “It’s a little hard for me to get my brain around that. I don’t see myself that way and I can’t comprehend myself as that.”
Want all the biggest Showbiz and TV news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our free Daily Star Showbiz newsletter.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
