Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat and Jake Lacy Join Aaron Sorkin’s Lucille Ball Biopic ‘Being the Ricardos’
Also Read: Sacha Baron Cohen on Playing the 2 Sides of Abbie Hoffman in 'Trial of the Chicago 7' (Exclusive Video)Also joining “Being the Ricardos” and rounding out the cast are Clark Gregg (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”), Nelson Franklin (“Veep”), John Rubinstein (“Family”), Linda Lavin (“The Good Wife”), Robert Pine (“CHiPs”) and Christopher Denham (“Billions”).“Being the Ricardos” is written and directed by Sorkin and is set during one production week of “I Love Lucy,” starting with a table read up through a live audience taping, when Lucy and Desi face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage. On “I Love Lucy,” Ball and Arnaz portrayed America’s most famous TV couple, Lucy and Ricky Ricardo.