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. “I’m an actor, and that’s what I do for a living: try to be people that I’m not.
What do we do with Marlon Brando playing Vito Corleone [in The Godfather]? What do we do with Margaret Thatcher, played by Meryl Streep [in The Iron Lady]? Daniel Day-Lewis playing Lincoln [in Lincoln]?” he asked.
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