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Being the Ricardosshows fans a side of Lucille Ball that’s a far cry from the character she portrayed in her iconic sitcomI Love Lucy.
For the upcomingAmazon film, writer/director Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing) said he received permission from Ball’s daughter, Lucie Arnaz, to “take the gloves off” in the process of portraying her mother.
“We all had lunch together, and she said to me, ‘I know my mother wasn’t an easy woman,'” Sorkin toldThe Hollywood Reporter."‘Take the gloves off.’ In other words, you can go for it."
In the film,Nicole Kidman, 54, plays Lucille Ball andJavier Bardem, 52, plays her husband, Desi Arnaz.
ThroughoutBeing the Ricardos,the couple clashes behind the scenes of their famous television showI Love Lucyas they deal with a range of issues from cultural taboos, political smear and surprising personal accusations. The famous couple was married in 1940 and later split in 1960.
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However, Sorkin has said that casting Kidman and Bardem as theI Love Lucystars was more about Ball and Arnaz as actors rather than their characters on the sitcom.
“I think that the people thought that we’ve cast them as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo,” SorkintoldEntertainment Tonightin February. “The film takes place during a production week ofI Love Lucy– a Monday table read to Friday audience taping, with a whole bunch of long flashbacks which are telling the story that got us here – and because there’s a table read, there’s rehearsals and then there’s tape night, we do see moments of them being Lucy and Ricky Ricardo.”
The film also stars Jake Lacy,J.K. Simmons, Nina Arianda,Tony HaleandAlia Shawkat.
Being the Ricardospremieres in theaters Dec. 10 and on Amazon Prime Video Dec. 21.
source: people.com
