Javier Bardem Celebrates SAG Nomination; Dreams Of Riding Sandworm In ‘Dune 2’ This Summer

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Javier Bardem faced many challenges in bringing Desi Arnaz to life in Amazon’s Being the Ricardos, and he is being recognized for his efforts by his peers with a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama on Wednesday.“I’m very proud and so happy that people are reacting this way to the performance,” Bardem tells Deadline shortly after the nominations were announced on Wednesday. “This was a challenging performance in so many ways, mainly because I was portraying an iconic person and that’s always very scary and very challenging.”He continues, “I really tried to bring Desi’s energy to the role.

He was so charismatic, so charming, and so openly attractive. This was not something I could turn on and off. He was like this constantly.

He went out of his way to make everyone feel comfortable and to feel welcome. That’s an energy you have to portray.”Bardem, a native of Spain, notes how he was also challenged in “delivering Aaron Sorkin’s dialogue” and really getting comfortable with it as a native Spanish speaker.

Oh, and he also had to perform musical numbers without prior experience—all while simultaneously shooting the upcoming live-action feature film, The Little Mermaid.“Aaron Sorkin’s language and writing have always been very complex,” he shares. “And I also found the musical aspect to be challenging as this was the first time I was approached to do that.