Cate Blanchett will reportedly portray Lucille Ball in a biopic
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Molly Driscoll Staff writer
An Oscar-winning actress may portray legendary sitcom producer and star Lucille Ball on the big screen.聽
鈥淐inderella鈥� actress Cate Blanchett is reportedly attached to portray Ms. Ball in a . Aaron Sorkin, who won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on the 2010 film 鈥淭he Social Network鈥� and created such popular shows as 鈥淭he West Wing," is reportedly a possibility to write the movie.
Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr., Ball鈥檚 children with her co-star and former husband Desi Arnaz, will reportedly produce the film.
Ms. Blanchett may be more familiar to moviegoers for stately roles like her portrayal of elf queen Galadriel in the 鈥淟ord of the Rings鈥� and 鈥淗obbit鈥� films and as Queen Elizabeth I in the films 鈥淓lizabeth鈥� and 鈥淓lizabeth: The Golden Age.鈥� She鈥檚 proved to be more than able at playing screen icons before 鈥� she won one of her two Oscars for her portrayal of actress Katharine Hepburn in the 2004 film 鈥淭he Aviator.鈥�
But does she have the comedy chops to play one of the most gifted comedic actresses of all time? Don't worry. Blanchett appeared briefly in the 2007 comedy 鈥淗ot Fuzz鈥� and also appeared in the 2004 Wes Anderson film 鈥淭he Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.鈥� She also voiced a guest appearance on the animated sitcom 鈥淔amily Guy鈥� and was recently praised by critics for her performance as the stepmother in Cinderella, with that she鈥檚 鈥渨onderfully wicked鈥� and 鈥渄eliciously terrifying.鈥�
The work for which Ball is most remembered, the sitcom 鈥淚 Love Lucy,鈥� debuted in 1951 and stars Ball as housewife Lucy Ricardo, who desperately wants to be involved in show business. She鈥檚 married to bandleader Ricky Ricardo (Arnaz) and the two are friends with their landlords, Fred (William Frawley) and Ethel (Vivian Vance) Mertz. The show was wildly popular and Ball was powerful behind the scenes, with Ball and Arnaz having co-founded the production company Desilu that produced 鈥淟ucy.鈥澛�
Ball won two Golden Globes and five Emmy Awards, all related to her performance on "I Love Lucy," and she also appeared in such films as 鈥淪tage Door,鈥� 鈥淶iegfeld Follies,鈥� and 鈥淢ame.鈥�
