Almost hours after Deadline, I heard that Nicole Kidman is in negotiations to play Lucille Ball in Aaron Sorkin’s game Being the Ricardos, social media users challenged the cast. On Sunday, Ball and Desi Arnaz’s daughter Lucie Arnaz set the record for who will play her mother.
“Stop arguing about who should play – ‘she doesn’t look like her, her nose is not the same, she’s not that funny,'” said Arnaz, mocking complaints about Kidman’s cast. “Just trust us. It will be a good movie and after voting is over. “
The daughter of the comedy legend spoke about the cast in a Facebook video, where she also detailed a lot about the upcoming Amazon Studios project. She made it clear to viewers that the Sorkin title will not be a I love Lucy restart or anything like that. Instead, it will follow Ball’s relationship with her on-screen husband, Desi Arnaz, and their relationship on and off the screen.
It reassures fans of Ball and the iconic that there will be humor and romance.
“I don’t think you’ll be disappointed with that,” she said.
In order to act alongside Kidman’s Ball is Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz. The film takes place during a week of production of I love Lucy, when Lucy and Desi face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch of Escape Artists will be the producers. Executive producers are Jenna Block, David Bloomfield of Escape Artists, Stuart Besser, Lucie Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Jr. and Lauren Lohman.
See Lucie Arnaz’s full video below.