Lucille Ball’s daughter said Javier Bardem was too big to play Desi

• Lucille and Desi Arnaz’s daughter Lucie Arnaz initially believed Javier Bardem was Lucille. “too big”And “magnificent”to be her dad.
• Lucie claimed that she saw Bardem’s face when she was finally able to see it. “gravitas”She felt it was necessary to play Arnaz.
• At the end “Being the Ricardos,”Lucie claimed that she was “in tears.”

Casting Lucille Bal and Desi Arnaz in Aaron Sorkin’s film “Being the Ricardos”This was a complex task.

Lucie Arnaz was the daughter of the couple and executive produced the film along with Desi Arnaz Jr. “couldn’t have taken it”Nicole Kidman could look too much like her mother. But She spoke out in a new interview for The Hollywood ReporterHer feelings were different when Javier Bardem was considered for the role of her father.

Lucie said in a joint interview that she and Bardem had discussed the possibility of Bardem playing Arnaz. “Oh, he’s too big, he’s too … magnificent.”

“My father was slimmer, he was a wisp of a thing compared to Javier, and then I said: ‘Their profiles are different. Geez, I don’t know,'”She continued.

Lucie said that no one else was able to play the part as it became more difficult. “My dad was so complicated and incredibly multifaceted,”She spoke. “His personality and his talents, to pull that off, you have to have a certain amount of maturity, a certain gravitas, if you will.”

Lucie explained to Lucie that Arnaz was through “revolutions”And built his life in America from “absolutely nothing.”Arnaz said that actor who played Sorkin in the film would need to have Arnaz’s humor, instincts, and charm.

Bardem wasn’t her father, and she was skeptical of that belief. “a huge fan”Some of his work. Lucie was then shown footage of Bardem being interviewed by someone else. This completely changed her mind. “I went, ‘That’s my dad. Wow, oh my God, that’s my dad,'”She pointed to the “charm,” “effusiveness,”And “joy”Bardem and Arnaz shared this meal.

“He loved living, he loved the world. He loved the ocean and fishing and music and sex and cooking,”Lucie spoke of her father who starred in the sitcom. “I Love Lucy”Ball.

Lucie finally saw the end “Being the Ricardos,”Bardem’s portrayal of Arnaz thrilled her. “I saw the man, the humor, the charm, the sex appeal, the intuitiveness, his ability to arbitrate, which was an amazing quality,”Lucie spoke of seeing Bardem’s performance.

Lucie said that she was “in tears”She felt better by the end of film, “so very grateful”For the project and how Kidman and Bardem captured it “essence”a perfect representation of their relationship.