Sunday, November 14, 2021

Kidman as Lucy Ricardo

 People had no problem with her wearing a fake nose and playing novelist Virginia Woolf. But, man, did people on Twitter get the knickers in a twist when they that Best Actress Oscar winner Nicole Kidman had been cast to play Lucille Ball when Ball achieved superstar status for being Lucy Ricardo on I LOVE LUCY. Kidman won her Oscar for playing Virginia Woolf in THE HOURS (2002). The tall actress will be seen opposite the equally tall fellow Oscar winner, Javier Bardem, as Desi Arnaz. This upcoming film, called BEING THE RICARDOS, comes to us from Aaron Sorkin, the man who gave us THE WEST WING. The story reportedly covers one week during an I LOVE LUCY filming, a week in which Ball and Arnaz face a career and a marital crisis. Their children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr., are two of the show's producers. Although Kidman will do scenes as Ball playing Lucy Ricardo, Lucie Arnaz has told fans that this film is not a recreation of her parents' classic sitcom, it's about her parents as the real-life married couple offscreen. Here's a trailer.


This won't be the first time we've seen a production about the stormy but productive marriage of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Frances Fisher had a supporting role in Clint Eastwood's UNFORGIVEN, Oscar winner for Best Picture of 1992. After that she had a supporting role in TITANIC, Oscar winner for Best Picture of 1997. Before those movie assignments, Frances Fisher played Lucille Ball in the 1991 CBS presentation, LUCY & DESI: BEFORE THE LAUGHTER. Desi was played by Maurice Bernard. Here's something I found on YouTube.


Aaron Sorkin's BEING THE RICARDOS opens theatrically on December 10th. It arrives on Amazon Prime Video on December 21st.

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