Javier Bardem, co-star of ‘Being the Ricardos,’ on playing Desi Arnaz

Javier Bardem portrays Desi Arnaz alongside Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball in Aaron Sorkin’s “Being the Ricardos.� Asked what attracted him to the role, Bardem says, “The artistic skills of a singer and a player on a guitar, on the congas, and all of that being a foreigner in the ‘50s, when to be a foreigner, it was kind of almost a crime.�