Well, this is just odd. The Wrap is reporting that Cate Blanchett is attached to star in an authorized biopic of Hollywood legend Lucille Ball that Aaron Sorkin is set to write. Yes, Aaron Sorkin, whose rat-tat-tat post-realistic meanderings will no doubt result in Lucy giving coked-out monologues as she paces around a dizzying maze of Hollywood backlots. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? Cate Blanchett can probably do it because she can do anything. And playing Lucy, after playing Katherine Hepburn and Bob Dylan onscreen, is quite a hat trick. So I’m down with that. But let’s not kid ourselves: Tammie Brown would have been a better choice. As would (I cringe to say it) Debra Messing, who has probably been preparing for the role since puberty.
The film will chronicle Ball’s 20-year marriage to Desi Arnaz, with whom she starred on the classic TV sitcom “I Love Lucy.” Ball had two children with Arnaz before they divorced in 1960. She married Gary Morton the following year.
Lucie Arnaz Jr. and Desi Arnaz Jr. will produce with Escape Artists, whose executive Jenna Block will oversee development of the project on behalf of the Sony-based company.
I do love me some Desi Arnaz Jr. Oh he used to SEND ME on the old Here’s Lucy show. Seriously SWOON-WORTHY. Let’s look at some pics of him below, and watch his super-groovy “Country Magic” duet with Ann-Margret. Now THAT’S music. THAT’S dancing. And THAT’S how you wear five wigs at once.
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