“To drown in a vat of grapes was not the way I had planned to go.”īall and husband Desi Arnaz are the focus of the upcoming Aaron Sorkin film Being the Ricardos, starring Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem. Love, Lucy is the valentine Lucille Ball left for her fans-a warm, wise, and witty memoir written by Lucy herself. “She spent so much time beating the hell out of me in the vat, we had to cut half of it,” Ball said.

She was killing me.”īall was finally able to get Tirelli off of her and call to the director, who also was unaware the situation was out of control and believed he was merely getting comedy gold, the actress said. “And she was choking me, and I am really beating her to get her off. True Hollywood Story Did Desi Really Love Lucy The Scandal That Rocked TV’s First Family What’s she upset about Arnaz said of wife and costar Lucille Ball. “She kept me down by the throat,” Ball said. But since Tirelli was angry and really fighting, that was impossible. The fake fight was supposed to take the two actresses down into the vat, out of camera and Ball would have a leg or arm shoot up at times for comedic effect. So, she hauled off and let me have it … it took all the wind out of me.”

“I slipped and when I slipped, I hit her, accidentally. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz made for one of the all-time great onscreen couples, but their marriage was already in trouble by the time I Love Lucy premiered on Oct. “ was told that there would be a fight, and it was also explained to her that there were times when my legs had to come up in this huge vat of real grapes,” Ball said. 'Dune: Part Two' Debuts Trailer Selling It as an 'Epic War Movie' at CinemaCon

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