Javier Bardem Explains Aaron Sorkin's Unique Directing Style & Dialogue
Javier Bardemdiscusses what its like to work with Aaron Sorkin's unique directing and writing style. The two recently worked together on the film Being the Ricardos, which was both written and directed by Sorkin. The film fictionalizes the story of Lucille Ball (played by Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Bardem) as the success of their marriage and their hit TV show, I Love Lucy, are threatened when Ball is accused of being a communist. The film premiered on Amazon's Prime Video in December of 2021 after a limited theatrical run.
Most audiences may be most familiar with Sorkin as a screenwriter. The filmmaker is famous for his very specific, quick, witty style of writing that is present in all his most famous works, such as his Oscar-winning script for The Social Network and his massively successful series The West Wing. However, Being the Ricardos marks Sorkin's third foray into directing after making his debut back in 2017 with Molly's Game. His second directorial effort, The Trial of the Chicago 7, released on Netflix in 2020.
Related: Why Aaron Sorkin Left The West Wing After Season 4
Now, Bardem discusses what it was like to work with Sorkin as a director in Variety's most recent edition of their «Actors on Actors» series, which also featured Daniel Craig. When Craig inevitably asks what it was like working with the writer-director, Bardem reveals he is a «one take, the most two takes» kind of director. The Spanish actor goes on to state that, due to this, making Being the Ricardos was «more like a theatre experience.» See his full quote below:
When you have rich text with so many layers on, you feel enriched, you feel gifted as an actor and you feel also cursed by it, because there's no way to hide. First of all,
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