Amy Poehler on Directing Doc About Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s ‘Complicated and Loving’ Relationship
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorAmy Poehler is set to make her documentary directorial debut with a look at Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.“Ron Howard at Imagine [Entertainment] came to and said, ‘Would you be interested in telling a story?’” Poehler said on Thursday night during the Creative Coalition Television Humanitarian Awards, where she was honored by Seth Meyers. “We started talking about Lucy, who I grew up with and, of course, I’m a fan of her comedy.”“But I’m also very inspired by her story and what kind of woman she was in business, and what kind of culture she was in when she was making the show, and the relationship between her and her husband Desi Arnaz, and how interesting and complicated and loving it.
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