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Cate Blanchett Addresses Her Decision to Turn Down Lucille Ball Role in 'Being the Ricardos'

Cate Blanchett is getting candid about her career.

In a new interview with Variety, the 52-year-old actress discussed her decision to exit Being the Ricardos.

She was originally cast as Lucille Ball, a role that ultimately went to Nicole Kidman.

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Nicole Kidman Addresses 'Being the Ricardos' Marketing & How She Was Barely Featured in First Trailer

Nicole Kidman is opening up with her thoughts on how her movie Being the Ricardos was marketed.

The 54-year-old Oscar-winning actress was originally deemed a controversial choice to play Lucille Ball in the new Amazon movie, but now that people have seen the movie, she has received rave reviews and Oscar buzz.

“I’m not on the internet, and I definitely don’t google myself. But things trickle through,” Nicole said when asked to respond to the casting controversy during a recent New York Times interview.

When the film’s teaser trailer was released back in October, only brief glimpses of Nicole‘s face were shown.

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Nicole Kidman Reveals How She Felt About Replacing Cate Blanchett as Lucille Ball in 'Being the Ricardos'

Nicole Kidman is opening up about her new film, Being the Ricardos.

In an interview with The New York Times on Sunday (December 26), the 54-year-old actress discussed what it was like taking on the role of iconic comedian Lucille Ball, which was originally supposed to go to Cate Blanchett.

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Nicole Kidman Took Up Smoking While Playing Lucille Ball in 'Being the Ricardos'

Nicole Kidman fully embraced Lucille Ball while filming Being the Ricardos.

While promoting her new movie – which is now available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video – the 54-year-old actress decided to take up smoking cigarettes in order to sound more like the iconic actress/comedian.

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Javier Bardem Reacts to Criticism Over His Casting as Desi Arnaz in 'Being the Ricardos'

Javier Bardem is defending his casting in Being the Ricardos.

During an interview with his co-star Nicole Kidman for The Hollywood Reporter, the 52-year-old actor says he didn’t quite realize how monumental it was to play Desi Arnaz and also defended being cast in the role despite not being Cuban.

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Nicole Kidman Wows in Another Great Red Carpet Look at 'Being the Ricardos' L.A. Premiere!

Nicole Kidman is on the Oscar campaign trail for her new movie Being the Ricardos and she just arrived in L.A.

The Oscar-winning actress walked the red carpet with co-star Javier Bardem at the west coast premiere on Monday night (December 6) at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles.

The two leads were joined at the event by co-stars JK Simmons, Nina Arianda, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Linda Lavin, and Nelson Franklin, as well as writer and director Aaron Sorkin.

Last week, the cast attended the film’s New York City premiere and we have all of those red carpet photos as well!

Being the Ricardos gives revealing glimpse of the Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s complex romantic and professional relationship, the film takes audiences into the writers’ room, onto the soundstage and behind closed doors with the couple during one critical production week of their groundbreaking sitcom I Love Lucy. The movie premieres in limited theaters on December 10 before a streaming debut on Amazon Prime Video on December 21.

FYI: Nicole is wearing an Armani Privé gown, Jimmy Choo shoes, and an Omega watch.

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Nicole Kidman Almost Dropped Out of 'Being the Ricardos' Following Casting Backlash

Nicole Kidman is addressing the backlash surrounding her playing Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos.

While promoting the upcoming movie, the 54-year-old actress stopped by Live with Kelly and Ryan where she revealed the public’s backlash over her playing the iconic comedian nearly drove her to back out of the movie.

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