Dick Van Dyke and Arlene Silver.
Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesDick Van Dyke I felt love at first sight with the wife Arlene SilverAlthough she had never seen one of his most famous roles before.
“I was backstage in the green room at the SAG Awards (2007), and I was sitting there by myself and she was… “You pass by me.” Podcast. “For the first time in my life, I walked up to (someone). I jumped up and said, 'Hi, I'm Dick,' almost without thinking.”
He continued: “I sat down (and) introduced myself. I was completely in love at first sight. I found out she was a makeup artist and said, “You can come to my show.” …She didn’t know who I was.”
Silver (53 years old) joined Van Dyke Ted Danson And the wife Mary SteenburgenPodcast, to correct the famous actor's side of the story.
“That's not true,” Silver said sarcastically. “Of course I knew who he was; It's Dick Van Dyke! I said I had never seen anything he did.
Van Dyck intervened and pointed this out 1964 Mary Poppins It was included in his filmography which Silver had “never seen before”. At the time, Silver was unaware that Van Dyke had a crush on her.
Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke in “Mary Poppins.”
Disney Images/Cover“In a way, it was okay for me because she wasn't (overly) impressed or anything like that,” he noted. “I was just a guy. It was a tough sell!”
Van Dyke and Silver, who are 46 years apart in age, married in 2012 after five years of dating. (Van Dyke shared four children with his late ex-wife Margery Willettwho died in 2008.)
The makeup artist finally got to see the role of Van Dyke in the beloved Disney musical. He played the famous lamp maker Bert Mary Poppins Opposite Julie Andrews as the titular magical nanny. He also portrayed Mr. Dawes Senior after the urging of the film studio.
Dick Van Dyke is 98 years old, and he couldn't be happier. He and his wife, Arlene Silver, met at a SAG Awards in 2006 and married in 2012, even though Silver is 46 years younger than her. For Van Dijk, this did not matter. He recalled meeting Silver, 52, during a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight's[…]
“I did a screen test, and I went out in front of the banker’s house and sang a little song,” Van Dyke recalls. “I think what sold it was at the end of the song, I went and pretended to pee in the bush – it got old Walt (Disney). I think that gave me the part.”
Van Dyke had previously claimed that he offered to play the banker for free despite the reluctance of the studio executive at Disney.
the Chitty chitty bang bang The star and Silver filmed their joint podcast appearance inside their Malibu home, leaving Danson, 77, and Steenburgen, 71, awestruck. Throughout the hour-long conversation, Van Dijk also tried to recall the highlights of his illustrious career.
“I'm his memory,” Silver quipped, later noting that Van Dyke often rewatched his past projects and realized “new things” with each viewing.
