One of those things included appearing on a soap opera.
This fall, however, that’ll change.
“Drake and I went to the same gym together,” Van DyketoldAccess Hollywoodin a recent interview.
Dick Van Dyke.Christopher Polk/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
“I used to kid him, ‘Say, don’t you ever have any parts for old people?
Come on, give me a part!’
And he took me seriously!
He got me a part.”
“I have played old men before, but ‘comedy old men,'” Van Dyke said.
“This is the first time I ever just played my 97-year-old self.”
He’s been quite active on screen, having recently appeared onThe Masked Singerdisguisedas the Gnome.
Day of Our Livesnow streams on Peacock.
Watch Van Dyke’s interview above.
