Lin-Manuel Miranda may have an Emmy, three Tonys, three Grammys and a Pulitzer Prize to his credit, but his new role in ?Mary Poppins Returns? was challenging even him.
The ?Hamilton? composer and star dropped by ?The Ellen DeGeneres Show? Tuesday to chat about the hotly anticipated Disney film, which is a sequel to the 1964 classic ?Mary Poppins,? starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke.
Playing Jack the lamplighter opposite Emily Blunt as Poppins involved lots of singing and dancing, much of which came naturally to the Broadway icon. Still, Miranda said there was one scene in particular which required him to multitask.
?There?s one scene in this movie where I light a lamp, ride a bike, steal an apple from a cart, throw it to an orphan child, all while singing in a Cockney accent. That moment is the hardest 10 seconds of my life.?