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

The director of “Being the Ricardos” is pushing back on criticism of the film’s casting.

Academy Award-winning actor Javier Bardem experienced a reawakening while becoming intimately acquainted with Desi Arnaz, the I Love Lucy star who Bardem brings to life in Amazon’s Being the Ricardos. And it all happened while the past and present collided during multiple musical numbers including “Babalu” and “Cuban Pete,” and while listening to private audio recordings shared by Lucy and Desi’s daughter, Lucie Arnaz.

While the film doesn’t seem to have the awards season legs that Amazon hoped it would, “Being the Ricardos” is still gaining a lot of attention, particularly for the lead roles played by Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem. However, those casting choices also came with a fair amount of controversy, particularly with choosing the Spanish Bardem to play real-life Cuban actor Desi Arnaz.

Penelope Cruz is opening up about why her children with husband Javier Bardem will not be on social media.

Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem have always kept their children’s lives private and say they will continue to do so.

Javier Bardem recently commented again on the sexual abuse allegations made against Woody Allen. In 1992, Allen's daughter Dylan Farrow claimed her father molested her when she was seven years old.

Javier Bardem has claimed that the allegations of sexual abuse that have been made against Woody Allen are “just gossip.”

Vicky Cristina Barcelona in 2008, has spoken out in support of the director before, after he was cleared by two investigations in the 1990s of accusations of child molestation by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow. Allen has always denied any wrongdoing.Bardem also attributes meeting his wife Penélope Cruz to the director, after they met on the set of Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Now in a new interview, Bardem has doubled down on his stance.

Javier Bardem is not having it! The actor is defending his role as Desi Arnaz in Being the Ricardos. In a recent cover story for The Hollywood Reporter, the 52-year-old actor and his costar Nicole Kidman opened up about people’s reaction after they were cast to portray iconic I Love Lucy’s Arnaz and Lucille Ball.The Oscar winner told the publication that playing the Cuban-American star or other characters is the whole point of his job.

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem hit the panic button a month before they were scheduled to begin filming .

For Javier Bardem and Nicole Kidman, the pressure of taking on one of the most iconic sitcoms of all time came with a lot of pressure.

William Earl Variety will honor Academy Award-winning actor Javier Bardem at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Friday, Jan.

Jamie Lang The Spanish Academy surprised some this year when it selected Fernando León de Aranoa’s Javier Bardem-starrer “The Good Boss” (“El buen patrón”) as the country’s submission for this year’s Best International Feature Oscar race.

Golden Globes. Belfast and The Power of the Dog lead the pack with seven nominations each.

“The Sad & Tragic Ending of Lucille Ball: Volume 2,” is out Tuesday. Still, the couple — who would a decade later become immortalized as the wholesome Ricardos in the groundbreaking sitcom “I Love Lucy” — continued dating other people, almost up until their November 1940 nuptials.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorTurning Nicole Kidman into Lucille Ball and Javier Bardem into Desi Arnaz in “Being the Ricardos” wasn’t only about creating a facsimile of the iconic 1950s TV duo.Rather, director Aaron Sorkin instructed hair department head Teressa Hill and makeup department head Ana Lozano, “We are not taking a photograph; we are painting a picture.” The approach is generating awards buzz for the below-the-line duo.The film, opening Dec.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticContrary to popular belief, not every piece of drama with Aaron Sorkin’s name on it has the inimitably timed, exquisitely percussive sound of I-top-you-no-I top-you combative patter known as Sorkinese. “The American President,” in its way, had a sweet flow to it.