the Hollywood Reporter last week. Sorkin said he had lunch with Ball’s children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr., before he began shooting the highly-anticipated biopic “Being the Ricardos.”“We all had lunch together, and she [Lucie] said to me, ‘I know my mother wasn’t an easy woman.
Take the gloves off.’ In other words, you can go for it,” Sorkin stated.“Being the Ricardos” revolves around a production week on “I Love Lucy” — the iconic 1950s sitcom which starred Ball and her real-life husband, Desi Arnaz.In the flick, Nicole Kidman plays Ball, while Javier Bardem plays Arnaz.The real-life couple had a tumultuous off-screen relationship, which culminated in their divorce in 1960.
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