Dick Van Dyke reveals role he regrets turning down and one he still wants to play

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"They said, 'Would you like to be Bond?' And I said, 'Have you heard my British accent?' Van Dyke said, explaining that his famously exaggerated Cockney accent in Mary Poppins would not have worked for the role of Agent 007. However, Van Dyke says he wishes he had taken the job and said it would have been a great experience, though he was not sure that audiences would have accepted his departure from the family-friendly movies he was best known for at the time."

Dick Van Dyke revealed his only regrets from his decades in Hollywood ahead of his 100th birthday. He said there are two opportunities he regrets turning down, including playing James Bond after Sean Connery left the franchise. He recounted being asked, 'Would you like to be Bond?' and responding, 'Have you heard my British accent?' He explained that his famously exaggerated Cockney accent in Mary Poppins would not have worked for Agent 007. He said he now wishes he had taken the job but doubted audiences would accept him outside family-friendly roles. He also regretted never making a movie with Cary Grant before Grant's 1986 death.

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