VIDEO : Lin-Manuel Miranda Says It's A Breakthrough To Have A 'Puerto Rican Dude' In 'Mary Poppins R

Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the groundbreaking Broadway hit "Hamilton," recently discussed what it was like to work on the Mary Poppins reboot. In "Mary Poppins" returns, Miranda plays an apprentice lamplighter named Jack. In the film he has a Cockney accent, and according to The Wrap, "his race and background are never mentioned and never an issue.