Oscar-winning actor J.K. Simmons will reportedly play William Frawley in Being the Ricardos, an upcoming movie in the works set during the filming of I Love Lucy.
Kidman and Bardem are also finalizing negotiations to portray Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, the real-life married couple who played Lucy and Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy.
With production on the project moving along swimmingly, Deadline reports that J.K. Simmons has also been tapped to play Frawley.
“We are not doing a remake of I Love Lucy,” Ball and Arnaz’s daughter Lucie Arnaz said of the casting backlash, while approving Kidman in the role of Lucille Ball.