By Hannah Powling
Australian actor Cate Blanchett will portray the TV sweetheart in a biopic covering Ball’s 20-year marriage to Cuban bandleader Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball.
She’s already tipped to win an Oscar for her role in Todd Haynes film, Carol. So her next role as a real-life Hollywood actress and comedian is the true biopic legendary Lucille Ball really deserves.
Lucille Désirée Ball was an American actress and comedienne, model, film studio executive, and TV producer . She was the star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here’s Lucy and Life with Lucy.
The movie will be produces by Ball’s two children; Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr, and will track Ball’s life over the course of her 20-year marriage with I Love Lucy co-star Desi Arnaz. Screenwriter and producer Aaron Sorkin will be writing the script; who is the creator of The West Wing, and earned an Oscar for The Social Network. Sorkin’s current high-profile biopic is coming out soon: Steve Jobs, which is out on the 9th October, starring Michael Fassbender.
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How to get Cate Blanchett’s look.
Cate’s recent movie, 1950’s set drama, Carol.
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