As far as the internet is concerned, Nicole Kidman must be practicing how to scheme with Ethel and gulping mouthfuls of vitameatavegamin as Lucille Ball in an upcoming biopic about the star comedian.
But in an interview for Variety‘s Actors on Actors TV issue, on newsstands this week, Kidman revealed to Chris Rock that “Being the Ricardos,” the movie that she’s currently filming, will tackle some serious themes. Javier Bardem plays Desi Arnaz in the film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin.
“The strange thing about Lucille Ball is that everyone thinks we’re remaking the ‘I Love Lucy‘ show, and it’s so not that,” Kidman says. “It’s about Lucy and Desi and their relationship and their marriage. It’s very deep, actually.”
Kidman then explains some of the ground that the movie will explore. “She was a trailblazer,” Kidman says. “She formed her production company. Desi was Cuban, and she had to fight to get him on the show. They had just so many things in their marriage that are so relevant today, and what she was also dealing with in terms of everything that artists deal with, where you’re up against big corporations. And you’re like, ‘No, this is art.’”
