Academy Award-winning actor Javier Bardem experienced a reawakening while becoming intimately acquainted with Desi Arnaz, the I Love Lucy star who Bardem brings to life in Amazon’s Being the …
“In a recent interview I did with Nicole, she mentioned how before every take I was dancing or walking around and singing out loud,” Bardem said. “This was before every scene, even if it didn’t require me to sing or dance. Having both of these elements working through my body helped me connect to his physicality, his internal rhythm, and how this all was part of his daily life, and how he expressed himself. It helped me tremendously to have access to these skills that I didn’t use before.
Both Bardem and Kidman’s castings were criticized for a variety of reasons. For Bardem as a Spaniard, his being cast as Desi, a Cuban, was met with resistance. It should be clear, however, that Cubans, unlike most other Latin American countries, have strong connections to Spain and wear the genetic connection as a badge of honor. Both Ricky and Desi were proud of their Spanish heritage, as well.in 2000, which earned him his first Oscar nomination.
Part of his research into Cuban culture was listening to the recordings of comic Alvarez Guedes, whose bit about the versatility of the word ño — a shortened version of the slang word coño — is as legendary as George Carlin’s routine on the seven words you can’t say on TV.
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