In January 2021, it was declared that Blanchett had been replaced by Nicole Kidman, and Javier Bardem had been solid as Desi Arnaz. Cate Blanchett was at first to star as Ball. After that, he wrote Hidden in This Picture which debuted off-off-Broadway at Steve Olsen's West Bank Cafe Downstairs Theatre Bar in New York City in 1988. The high-quality of his 1st two plays attained him a theatrical agent.