They loved Andrews immediately
But she was actually cast for The Sound of Music immediately after Robert Wise and Ernest Lehman visited the Mary Poppins set, and saw her in action.
27. Travers highly approved of Andrews’ casting
Author Travers was disappointed by a lot of things – but not by the casting of Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins.
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She might have thought Andrews to be too beautiful, but it was Disney who decided not to make her ugly – Andrews was happy to apply any prosthetics.
