Julie Andrews has a secret role in Aquaman

A member of Hollywood royalty plays a secret role in the upcoming Warner Bros. movie. Aquaman.

Julie Andrews, Oscar winner, has a novel role to play in the adventure of superheroes, learned exclusively EW.

The sound of music The actress embodies the mythical Karathen, an underwater creature that holds the key to Arthur Curry's (Jason Momoa) quest to unite the Atlantean world and the surface world.

The cast is particularly interesting Aquaman will be fighting at the box office next month against Disney's Mary Poppins is back – The sequel to Andrews' classic in 1964 – which also features an underwater animation and animation sequence. Andrews refused to appear in the sequel, as she apparently would not have distracted star performer Emily Blunt from her iconic role, although she was fully supportive of the project.

"We wanted the Karathen to have the voice of a classic British actress, even though it was slightly digitally altered," explained Aquaman producer Peter Safran. "And when we found out that Julie was interested, available and excited about throwing her, throwing it was a no-brainer."

As for when to go against Mary Poppins is back, Saffron joked, "Who knew that Aquaman would the real Mary Poppins have this Christmas? "

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Andrews has not appeared in a film for nearly 10 years, but she has lent her unequivocal voice to other projects on the big screen over the last decade (like Despicable me 3 and Shrek forever) and published in the Netflix series Julie's Greenroom.

Aquaman was released on December 21, during a very competitive box office. In addition to Poppins, there is also the Transformers spin off bumblebee and the comedy Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly Holmes & Watson. Previously, the manga adaptation of James Cameron-Robert Rodriguez Alita: Battle Angel was also scheduled to open this weekend, but was postponed to 14 February.

In an unusual movement, Aquaman Preliminary screenings will also be available to Amazon Prime members on December 15th.

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