The acclaimed actors, Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks, like Walt Disney, have poured themselves into their films. Not that it always worked out.

Which films almost did Hanks and Thompson in?

BEVERLY HILLS — Mary Poppins stands as one of the most beloved films of all time, but it took Walt Disney 20 years to deliver on a promise to his children to make the feature. The thorn in his grand plan? British author P.L. Travers, who long refused to relinquish the rights to her infamous nanny.