See Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball for ‘Being the Ricardos’
Nicole, ‘splain.
Nicole Kidman was snapped Wednesday on the set of her new Lucille Ball biopic, “Being the Ricardos,” at the famed Los Angeles hotspot Boardner.
The 53-year-old Aussie star obviously didn’t have much to do to get her naturally red hair close to Ball’s, but pics from the film’s set show her eyebrows shaped to Ball’s famously thin dimensions.
She also appeared to be in wardrobe as Ball in a green jacket and blouse, brown slacks, and green shoes — from what can be seen under her decidedly not-period-accurate overcoat.
Also breaking the spell of the time period: the masks on Kidman and crew’s faces as Hollywood struggles to keep up its filming pace amid the coronavirus’ impact on Los Angeles, which passed one million cases of COVID-19 shortly after the new year.
Kidman replaced Cate Blanchett — originally in talks to star as Ball — in Aaron Sorkin’s biopic in January.
Javier Bardem, 51, will star as Ball’s husband, Desi Arnaz, as the film follows the couple’s life shooting their iconic 1950s TV series “I Love Lucy.”
The Post reported in January that “Sorkin’s film is said to take place during a Monday night table read and live-audience shoot of an ‘I Love Lucy’ episode, when Lucy and Desi’s relationship nearly unravels.”
“Being the Ricardos,” which started filming at the end of March, per Deadline, also boasts J. K. Simmons, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Jake Lacy, and Clark Gregg in various supporting roles as figures from Ball and Arnaz’s orbit. No release date has been set.
This month, we reported that a number of NYC costume-rental magnate Helen Uffner’s ’50s dresses and sweater sets were secured by the production.
Arnaz died in 1986 at age 69. Ball, who has been portrayed by Gillian Anderson, Sarah Drew and Frances Fisher, followed three years later at age 77.
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