Nicole KidmanandJavier Bardemare going all-in for their latest roles.
On Tuesday, Amazon Studios debuted the first anticipated trailer for the upcoming Aaron Sorkin-directed filmBeing the Ricardos, which follows late comedy icon Lucille Ball (Kidman) and her husband Desi Arnaz (Bardem).
The trailer mostly teases at Kidman’s transformation with the Oscar-winning actress narrating as Ball throughout as scenes from the film play. The big reveal comes near the end as Kidman recreates Ball’s iconic grape stomping scene fromI Love Lucy.
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Being the Ricardosfocuses on Ball’s life with Arnaz, whom she married in 1940 and split from in 1960. They both starred together in the popular 1951 sitcomI Love Lucy.
However, Sorkin (The West Wing) 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.”
In January, Kidman toldVarietythat she was looking forward to taking on the role of the iconic actress.
“I was like, ‘Yeah, I would love to give it a go,'” theBig Little Liesstar said of being offered the part. “With Aaron’s words and his direction andJavier [Bardem]… that’s kind of a wonderful prospect to, you know. But yikes, off we go. Give it a go. Try my best—see if I can do it.”
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Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Clark Gregg and Jake Lacy are also set to star in the film.
Being the Ricardosopens in theaters Dec. 10 and hits Prime Video on Dec. 21. Watch the full trailer above.
source: people.com
