Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem almost backed out of Being the Ricardos
Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem almost backed out of ‘Being the Ricardos' a month before shooting began. The Academy Award winning actress, 54, takes on the role Lucille Ball, while 52-year-old Javier plays her husband and co-star Desi Arnaz in the biopic about the sitcom actress. Javier said: "I wasn’t aware of how big [I Love Lucy] was. When I really started digging into him, the deeper I got, the more I knew how iconic [the show] was … it was like, ‘S**t!" His thoughts were echoed by Nicole, who admitted she was "frightened" at the thought of playing the iconic actress. Speaking to The Holl...