 Editor in Chief Bill   | 13 Oct 2020 2:28 p.m. PST |
Gal Gadot's casting as Cleopatra in an upcoming biopic has ignited a debate about whitewashing and ancient history… link |
 Mserafin  | 13 Oct 2020 2:34 p.m. PST |
Cleopatra was Greek, descended from Ptolemy, one of Alexander the Great's generals. I would thing Gadot looks Mediterranean enough to not be worried about it. |
| Patrick Sexton | 13 Oct 2020 2:41 p.m. PST |
Anyone bitching about it has no clue as to Cleopatra's ethnicity. |
| Redcurrant | 13 Oct 2020 3:00 p.m. PST |
Mserafin +1 Revisionist history stirring things up again – look at the foul-up when Oliver Stone cast Rosario Dawson as Alexanders wife. |
| Thresher01 | 13 Oct 2020 3:16 p.m. PST |
More tempests in teacups. The faux outrage is entertaining. |
 John the OFM | 13 Oct 2020 5:36 p.m. PST |
Not only was Cleopatra Greek, the Ptolemaic dynasty followed the time honored tradition of "keeping the bloodline pure". Or, incest.
Very Targaryean. |
| nnascati | 13 Oct 2020 5:48 p.m. PST |
Gal Gadot fits the role perfectly, as others have pointed out, Cleopatra was in fact Greek. If someone want a to do a biopic about the Queen of Sheba, there is a role for a black actress. |
| John the OFM | 13 Oct 2020 6:10 p.m. PST |
Facts don't matter. However, if "they" ever get around to filming "Flashman on the March", I would highly recommend Halle Berry as Uliba Wark. That's how I envisioned her. |
| Editor in Chief Bill | 13 Oct 2020 6:26 p.m. PST |
If someone want a to do a biopic about the Queen of Sheba, there is a role for a black actress. Unless she's from Yemen (ancient Saba).  |
| Legionarius | 13 Oct 2020 7:16 p.m. PST |
Cleopatra was as Greek (Hellene) as they come. She probably communicated with Caesar and Antonius in Greek since it was de riguer for educated Patrician Romans to learn good Greek. |
 Unlucky General | 13 Oct 2020 11:32 p.m. PST |
Like all actresses, Gal Gadot will likely be a better looking Cleopatra than the real person. I'm not surprised that Fox News runs this story – are we sure they didn't also generate it? |
| WillBGoode | 14 Oct 2020 8:31 a.m. PST |
John, as usual you are right on the money! |
| Mserafin | 14 Oct 2020 9:13 a.m. PST |
I agree, John – what the world needs now are Flashman movies. Lots of them. But who to play Flash Harry? |
| John the OFM | 14 Oct 2020 11:07 a.m. PST |
John Cleese as an elderly Flashman in the Boxer Rebellion. He already played 95% Flashman as the Sheriff in Silverado. But now, for the younger dashing Flashman, I suggest Rupert Friend. |
| John the OFM | 14 Oct 2020 11:36 a.m. PST |
With Taylor Swift playing every single woman who Flashman wronged. |
| Basha Felika | 14 Oct 2020 2:46 p.m. PST |
I'd always hoped Catherine Zeta Jones would play Lola Montez. But who would be cast as Elspeth? |
| Basha Felika | 15 Oct 2020 1:00 a.m. PST |
And Amanda Barrie remains the definitive Cleopatra |
| John the OFM | 15 Oct 2020 8:58 a.m. PST |
I didn't like Cleopatra in HBO's Rome.
I don't know why, but it was easy to see why Vorenus had Pullo fill in for him. |
| John the OFM | 15 Oct 2020 9:00 a.m. PST |
To Rupert Friend.
If you get the part and it turns into a mega hit franchise, don't forget the little people like me who gave the recommendation. |
| JJartist | 18 Oct 2020 11:48 a.m. PST |
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks" |
| Korvessa | 22 May 2023 1:54 p.m. PST |
And people complained about Gal Gadot being Cleopatra.
You should see it now. |
