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Aaron Sorkin Addresses The Critics Who Say Nicole Kidman Doesn’t Look Or Sound Like Lucy Ball In The ‘Being The Ricardos’ Trailer · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Nicole Kidman will be
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  Speaker 1: playing one of the most iconic women in Hollywood history
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  Speaker 1: when she stars as Lucille Ball in the upcoming Aaron
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  Speaker 1: Sorkin movie Being the Ricardo's and already before the film
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  Speaker 1: has even arrived, some of I Love Lucy's biggest fans
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  Speaker 1: are taking issue with the casting, claiming Nicole doesn't look
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  Speaker 1: enough like the legendary star, but Aaron Sorkin says that
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  Speaker 1: was never a concern of his, telling the Hollywood Reporter,
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  Speaker 1: when most people think of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz,
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  Speaker 1: they're thinking of Lucy and Ricky, But Lucia Ball actually
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  Speaker 1: looked like Rita Hayward. I was never looking for a
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  Speaker 1: physical or vocal impersonation of these people. Leading up to
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  Speaker 1: the first rehearsal, I'd tell them every day, just play
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  Speaker 1: the characters in the script. Nicole was working on Lucy's
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  Speaker 1: voice for a while, and I wanted to relieve her
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  Speaker 1: of that. I'm certain when people see the movie they'll
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  Speaker 1: feel Nicole made a very solid case for herself. Aaron
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  Speaker 1: seems right. The earlier reviews are in and Best Actress
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  Speaker 1: nominations look like a real possibility being The Ricardo's in
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  Speaker 1: theaters December ten, and Amazon Prime of one that's direct
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  Speaker 1: from Hollywood.