The writer-director tells EW what to expect in Nicole Kidman’s performance as Lucille Ball in his next film.
“I always wanted the movie to be about today and not 1968,” he tells EW.
“I just never in my wildest dreams imagined how much about today it would end up being.
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I started working on this 15 years ago.
We thought the film was plenty relevant last winter when we were making it.
We didn’t need it to get more relevant, but then it did.
“They have a very complicated, fascinating relationship,” Sorkin teases.
There are flashbacks that show how the two of them got together and howI Love Lucyfinally happened.
“She’s phenomenal.
The role isn’t Lucy Ricardo.
It’s Lucille Ball.
But the meat of the role is not Lucy Ricardo.”
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