Prime-Video - Being The Ricardos : Nicole Kidman wanted to turn back

By GraeLeigh, 04 december 2021

A few days before the release of the film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, its main interpreter has revealed that she almost wasn’t in the credits in the role of Lucille Hall. If the director managed to convince the Australian-American actress to stay on the project, Nicole Kidman was determined at one point to leave it.

When asked if she was anxious about playing Lucille Hall, she said: "I wasn't initially. Initially, Aaron Sorkin wrote this screenplay that you read and you cannot put down. I say to people: 'If you can get your hands on this screenplay, read it because it's such a good read. It's as good as a great novel.’ But then, when the reality of playing her hit me, I went, 'What have I said yes to?' To which I then went, 'Oh no, I'm not right. Everyone thinks I'm not right so I'm going to try to sidestep this.’ And the producer Todd Black and Aaron Sorkin were both like, 'Absolutely not.' I was in Australia and they were like, 'No.' And thank God, because then I was so grateful because I got to fall in love with her.”
Let’s see on December 10 on Amazon Prime to assess whether Nicole Kidman was right not to back out ...

Synopsis
Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem) are threatened by shocking personal accusations, political vilification and cultural taboos in Oscar-winning writer-director Aaron Sorkin's Being the Ricardos. An immersion into the couple's romantic and professional relationship. The film invites viewers into the writers' room, several film sets and behind the scenes of a critical week in the production of the sitcom "I Love Lucy."

Being the Ricardos
Written and directed by Aaron Sorkin
Produced by Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch
Starring Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, J. K. Simmons, Nina Arianda, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Jake Lacy, Clark Gregg
Cinematography : Jeff Cronenweth
Edited by Alan Baumgarten
Music by Daniel Pemberton
Production companies : Amazon Studios, Escape Artists
Distributed by Amazon Studios
Release date : December 10, 2021

(Source : Collider)