J.K. Simmons and Nina Arianda step into some big shoes in 'Being the Ricardos' to portray the 'I Love Lucy' neighbors Fred and Ethel.
star as Ball and Arnaz, a pair of brilliant minds in a tempestuous relationship. But there’s another duo in on the act: William Frawley and Vivian Vance, who embodied the ever-bickering neighbors Fred and Ethel Mertz. As played by the Oscar-winning Simmons and Tony-winning Arianda, that onscreen sniping was just the half of it. Off screen, those original iconic actors despised each other.
When the writing is as good as Sorkin’s, Simmons says, everything they need is on the page. “Nina and I both come from the theater, as does Aaron. To have that, more than a framework, a completed house built there for you so that all you have to do is walk in the front door, is so confining and freeing at the same time, in a way that film scripts — even really, really good film scripts — rarely are.
At one point for Vance, the wardrobe even becomes a plot point, not to be disclosed here. “What I can say is that Vivian is wrestling with how she perceives herself, and then how others see her and where they want her to stay for their own comfort,” Arianda says.
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