Nicole Kidman is going to be fantastic as Lucille Ball, says Being The Ricardos director Aaron Sorkin.
The Trial Of The Chicago 7 helmer spoke out about casting Oscar winners Kidman and Javier Bardem as I Love Lucy icons Ball and Desi Arnaz in his upcoming biopic for Amazon. I think that the people thought that we ve cast them as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, Sorkin told Entertainment Tonight.
Fantastic casting: Nicole Kidman is going to be fantastic as Lucille Ball, Being The Ricardos director Aaron Sorkin told Entertainment Tonight about the star of his upcoming biopic
Next project: The Trial Of The Chicago 7 helmer Sorkin spoke out about casting Oscar winners Kidman and Javier Bardem as I Love Lucy icons Ball and Desi Arnaz in Being The Ricardos
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The original Hope starred Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård. It was a critical success, winning European Cinemas Label award for best film in the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama section.
It was also nominated for best director and best actress at the 2020 European Academy Awards.
Family matters: The series is being described as a emotionally complicated drama about a blended-family. The original film starred Andrea Bræin Hovig and Stellan Skarsgård
Having a ball! News of the project comes at a busy time for Kidman, who just broke her silence on accepting the coveted role of Lucille Ball
Nicole Kidman has broken her silence about being cast as Lucille Ball in an upcoming movie from Aaron Sorkin. I love Lucille, having looked now and delved into her, said Nicole, 53, telling Variety that part of her preparation has been to screen old I Love Lucy episodes. She s an amazing woman. I m very excited for people to see what Aaron found out about her and the way he’s interpreted Desi and Lucy and the way that it s so rich. I didn’t know any of this, she confessed. I love Lucille : Nicole Kidman has broken her silence about being cast as Lucille Ball in an upcoming movie from Aaron Sorkin
Lucie Arnaz has defended Nicole Kidman s casting as her mother Lucille Ball in an upcoming movie from Aaron Sorkin. The rumors about Nicole set off a swirl of online chatter about who would be better.