As I Love Lucy celebrates its 70th anniversary, Aaron Sorkin has revealed some interesting information regarding the upcoming release, Being The Ricardos. In an interview with Turner Classic Movies (via EW), Sorkin revealed that there are four musical numbers in the film, which the director has never attempted before. Sorkin stated,
There are four musical numbers in the film, and that’s something I’d never done before, but we had a great musical director, great choreographer. The musical numbers are organic. It’s not La La Land. It’s rehearsals for Too Many Girls. It’s at Ciro’s where Desi and his orchestra are playing, that kind of thing.
Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem headline the cast of Being the Ricardos as Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and the film takes place over the course of one week of production on the show as a looming crisis threatens the couple’s careers and marriage. Being the Ricardos also stars J.K. Simmons and Nina Arianda and William Frawley and Vivian Vance, the actors known for playing Fred and Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy.
