Nicole Kidman Looks Lovely on 'Being the Ricardos' Red Carpet with Co-Star Javier Bardem

Nicole Kidman is one of the most renowned actresses in the world but she faced backlash after being cast as Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos. The late I Love Lucy star holds a special place in many people‘s hearts and with the internet, people didn’t hold back sharing their concerns that she did not look enough like Ball.Kidman stars opposite Javier Bardem (Desi Arnaz) in the Amazon Studios film and she told TODAY she tried not to let the criticism get to her.

Academy Award-winning actor Javier Bardem experienced a reawakening while becoming intimately acquainted with Desi Arnaz, the I Love Lucy star who Bardem brings to life in Amazon’s Being the Ricardos. And it all happened while the past and present collided during multiple musical numbers including “Babalu” and “Cuban Pete,” and while listening to private audio recordings shared by Lucy and Desi’s daughter, Lucie Arnaz.

Being the Ricardos, the knee-jerk reaction from many was that Kidman didn’t have the innate humor to play one of the funniest women ever to appear on television. Which, in all honesty, they may have been right about. Kidman has before, but the elastic-faced and kinetic or the expressive and (not coincidentally) red-haired both seemed like more natural fits.

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Hearing it all. It wouldn’t be easy for anyone to play the role of iconic comedian Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos — and critics have been quick to judge since Nicole Kidman was cast.

Javier Bardem is not having it! The actor is defending his role as Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos. In a recent cover story for The Hollywood Reporter, the 52-year-old actor and his costar Nicole Kidman opened up about people’s reaction after they were cast to portray iconic I Love Lucy’s Arnaz and Lucille Ball.The Oscar winner told the publication that playing the Cuban-American star or other characters is the whole point of his job.

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorTurning Nicole Kidman into Lucille Ball and Javier Bardem into Desi Arnaz in “Being the Ricardos” wasn’t only about creating a facsimile of the iconic 1950s TV duo.Rather, director Aaron Sorkin instructed hair department head Teressa Hill and makeup department head Ana Lozano, “We are not taking a photograph; we are painting a picture.” The approach is generating awards buzz for the below-the-line duo.The film, opening Dec.

the kvetching and moronic social media backlash about Nicole Kidman being cast as Lucille Ball in the new movie “Being the Ricardos.” You were wrong, guys. The actress is sensational in the part — and is doing the finest work of her career.She nails the off-camera Lucy in her prime: the acidic tongue, her dream of a normal suburban home life, disdain for mediocrity and especially the unparalleled power she wielded as a woman in showbiz in the 1950s.

Being the Ricardos on Monday, December 6, wearing a dress fit for a .For the occasion, the Oscar winner chose a strapless tulle Armani Privé ballgown, and she looked absolutely regal in it. Royal! See the look for yourself, below:  paired the gown with shoes and an Omega watch.  has a limited theatrical release on December 10 before hitting Amazon Prime Video on December 21.

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Nicole Kidman and her "Being the Ricardos" co-star Javier Bardem opened up about what it was like to get to know the real-life characters they embody, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.  The duo stars in the upcoming movie from writer Aaron Sorkin that details a particularly eventful week in the life of the couple who were married on-screen and off while working on the show "I Love Lucy" from 1951 to 1957.To promote the film’s Dec.