Published 16:55 IST, January 12th 2021

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem to lead 'Being The Ricardos' by Aaron Sorkin for Amazon

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem will be venturing together in Aaron Sorkin's upcoming film, Being The Ricardos for Amazon Studios. Read to know details.

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Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem have been in talks to be cast in Aaron Sorkin’s Being Ricardos. actors will be playing characters of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in movie that is based on relationship between I Love Lucy stars. Read furr ahead to kw more about Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem’s upcoming Amazon Studios movie.

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Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem in Aaron Sorkin's next film

According to reports from Deadline, Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem have been cast to portray characters of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in upcoming Being Ricardos. Academy Award winner, Aaron Sorkin who has written screenplay for movie will also be directing movie. Being Ricardos is said to be taking place during “one week of production” of evergreen and classic American television sitcom, I Love Lucy.

Being Ricardos will be starting with “Monday table read”, following Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz through ir “Friday audience shooting”. movie will be showcasing a point of crisis in real-life couple’s life and challenges that two had to face in both, ir career and marri. Even though thing has been confirmed yet, it seems like script for Being Ricardos will focus on 1953 incident when Lucille Ball met with lead investigator for House of Un-American Activities Committee regarding issue that celebrity had registered in order to vote in 1936 and when she listed her party affiliation as Communist.

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According to reports from Ew.com, exploring Lucille Ball’s life and showing it on-screen has been on Aaron Sorkin’s mind for a long time. Initially, Lucille Ball’s character was going to be played by Cate Blanchett but was later offered to Nicole Kidman. This will be second time Nicole Kidman will be playing character of an “old Hollywood star” as she has been seen portraying character of Grace Kelly on-screen in 2014 movie, Grace of Monaco. Javier Bardem, who was last seen on-screen in Roads t Taken is also a very big point of attraction for movie. Fans are also very excited to watch Javier Bardem play character of Desi Arnaz on-screen.

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16:57 IST, January 12th 2021