Nicole Kidman Called Out a Reporter for Asking ‘Sexist’ Question About Ex-Husband Tom Cruise

In 1952, the second season of CBS sitcom I Love Lucy set viewing records that, 70 years later, have yet to be beaten. The star was Lucille Ball, a lovable klutz from New York, and her husband Ricky was played by her real-life spouse—Cuban refugee Desi Arnaz. Together they founded Desilu Productions, soon to be the No. 1 independent TV company in America. In 1957, however, a scandal surfaced that threatened to tear it all down: Lucy was a registered Communist. Or was she? That fraught time is brought to life by Aaron Sorkin in his Amazon Studios release Being the Ricardos, starring Nicole Kidman as Lucy and Javier Bardem as Desi. Damon Wise sits down with all three to discuss the forgotten legacy of a most unlikely power couple.

“What?” That was Nicole Kidman’s reaction when she was told just how popular her AMC Theatres ad had become online and, well, in theaters. During a conversation about her SAG Awards-nominated performance in “Being The Ricardos,” the Oscar winner had mentioned a number of times how she does not go online.

Nicole Kidman is sick and tired of being asked about her former husband!

Not so fast. While discussing the real-life relationship of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Nicole Kidman shut down the notion that she was comparing the I Love Lucy pair to her marriage to Tom Cruise.

As you’ve likely heard by now, French Canadian filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée died unexpectedly at the age of 58 over the weekend. Longtime producing partner Nathan Ross confirmed his death in a statement shared with various trades.

When the discussion about “Being the Ricardos” is brought up, most people talk about the casting controversy surrounding Aaron Sorkin’s picks to play Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem, respectively. A lot has already been made about the Bardem/Arnaz situation, but apparently, there’s a bit more to the Kidman situation than just fans being upset over her being chosen.

Some roles take a lot out of an actor.

Nicole Kidman has always avoided being categorized, including when it comes to being described as a “movie star.”

Amazon’s new film “Being the Ricardos.”Gay, known for her best-selling book “The Bad Feminist,” seemed to claim that the term wasn’t used in the 1950s when the movie was set.“There is no way she would have said that in the 1950s. How did that get through?” she wrote in a since-deleted tweet, which has since amassed more than 1,300 replies and nearly 10,000 retweets.But many weren’t in support.

Nicole Kidman still suffers stage fright. The 54-year-old actress starred in 'The Blue Room' on Broadway in the 90s and in 'Photograph 51' in London's West End in 2015, but Nicole admits that her stage fright has become even more "intense" over recent years.

Nicole Kidman is one of the most renowned actresses in the world but she faced backlash after being cast as Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos. The late I Love Lucy star holds a special place in many people‘s hearts and with the internet, people didn’t hold back sharing their concerns that she did not look enough like Ball.Kidman stars opposite Javier Bardem (Desi Arnaz) in the Amazon Studios film and she told TODAY she tried not to let the criticism get to her.

Being The Ricardos.“There’s a consensus in the industry that as a female actor, at about 40, you’re done,” Kidman told Dujour.“I never sat in a chair and heard someone say, ‘You’re past your due date,’” Kidman added, “But I’ve had times where you’re turned down and the door is shut on you.

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

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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.

Being the Ricardos, the knee-jerk reaction from many was that Kidman didn’t have the innate humor to play one of the funniest women ever to appear on television. Which, in all honesty, they may have been right about. Kidman has before, but the elastic-faced and kinetic or the expressive and (not coincidentally) red-haired both seemed like more natural fits.

Nicole Kidman previously played Alexander Skarsgard‘s wife in the HBO series Big Little Lies… and now she’s playing his mom!