Nicole Kidman is in talks to play TV legend Lucille Ball in Aaron Sorkin’s long-talked-about biopic.
The red-haired beauty, 53, and Javier Bardem, 51, are the latest names to potentially fill the roles of the I Love Lucy legend and her bandleader husband, Desi Arnaz, according to a report by Variety.
The upcoming film, titled Being the Ricardos, will look back at the personal and working relationship of the 1950s sitcom stars. It will be set around a production week on the set of the couple’s iconic sitcom, starting with a Monday table read and up through an audience shoot on Friday. In the film, Ball and Arnaz will face personal and professional crises as their marriage unravels during the rocky work week.
Once deals close with Kidman and Bardem, production for the buzzy biopic will remain in the air due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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