Sorry about the lack of updates! I’m sure this is old news by now, but Angelina Jolie, according to Wikeez, is to play Cleopatra. I admit that I didn’t like this casting choice at first, but I think it could work. What do you think?
The Oscar winner actress Angelina Jolie is set to play Cleopatra in an upcoming movie based on Cleopatra’s biography by Stacy Schiff.
According to the producer Scott Rudin, Angelina Jolie is the only actress in mind to portray the Egyptian queen, as he said that “she has the perfect look and that the movie is being developed for and with Jolie.”
The role of Cleopatra has most famously been played by Elizabeth Taylor in the 1963 movie of the same name.
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July 18th, 2010 at 9:04 am
I’m still not at all sure about the casting choice. According to a very interesting book called “Who Was Cleopatra?” by Geraldine Harris:
“Poets have written about the fabulous beauty of Cleopatra for 2,000 years, but some of the coins that date from her reign make her look quite ugly. The Greek historian Plutarch, tells us that Cleopatra was not particularly beautiful, but it was her wit and charm that made her so irresistable.”
I remain uncertain. I also think that they might have cast her because Angelina Jolie and Cleopatra are both the mothers of four children. They should also cast a younger, less well known actress to play a young Cleopatra at the start, as Cleopatra was said to be aroud 21 years old when she first met Caesar.
July 23rd, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Angelina as Cleopatra? OMG! YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG This is so grouse as!!!! I’m so excited!!!
Thank you for the excellent news Sarika!