Besides...she doesn't look that bad here. Nothing that well applied make-up couldn't clean up nicely. 
Posted on 10/12/2020 1:41:05 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Israel-born actress Gal Gadot announced Sunday that she would team up again with “Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins in a new film about the legendary Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. The film will be produced by Paramount and written by Laeta Kalogridis in a retelling of the epic tale made famous by Elizabeth Taylor in the 1963 classic. The announcement drew criticism, with some railing against the casting of an Israeli as the Queen of Egypt...
“Which Hollywood dumba** thought it would be a good idea to cast an Israeli actress as Cleopatra...instead of a stunning Arab actress like Nadine Njeim?” tweeted journalist Sameera Khan.
“How about they cast someone with North African blood! someone like Sofia Boutella! I’m so sick of casting white actors and Israelis as pharaohs and arab roles!...” wrote another Twitter user.
-However, many, including the screenplay author, were quick to point out that Cleopatra was neither Arab nor Black, but rather a Macedonian Greek.
“Incredibly excited to get the chance to tell the story of Cleopatra, my favorite Ptolemaic Pharoah and arguably the most famous Macedonian Greek woman in history,” tweeted Kalogridis.
(Cleopatra was the last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt, descended from Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great.)
Gadot did not react to the controversy, but later tweeted that the film would mark the first time Cleopatra’s story would be told through “women’s eyes, both behind and in front of the camera.”
Gadot’s Israeli heritage has caused her some problems in the Arab world before, with Lebanon banning “Wonder Woman” because she starred in it. Gadot, who like most young Israelis did military service, made headlines in 2014 with a Facebook post expressing solidarity with Israeli citizens under Hamas rocket fire...
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Well, she is a hottie, that’s for sure.
“She was well past her prime at that point,=.”
She would have been ~33 at mintage time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra
Unless the “=” was a tounge in cheek. ;-)
So the “cultural appropriation” nitwits are at it again. What a pain in the asp.
“Not a drop of Arab, Egyptian or other African Blood.”
Or indeed of any blood outside of the immediate family.
Usually the same people that dont know that Egypt was so old that Cleopatra lived closer to us now than she did to the time the pyramids were built, and likely didnt speak Egyptian.
Cleopatra was Seluicid Greek whose ancestor was Alexander. She wasn’t true Egyptian.
The “cultural” appropriations types need to stop embarrassing themselves!
Gal Gadot is beautiful and played Wonder Woman very well.
Susanna Hoffs is smoking hot.
She may have been Greek but she sure liked to make it with Romans.
oops wrong granddaddy...Ptolemaic Greek.
Cleopatra was also known to be only average in attractiveness. The most powerful men in the world desired her for her intelligence and political savy, of all things. She was the kind of woman you could rule the world with.
I figure all the Egyptian actresses are scared of being sued for not wearing appropriately modest attire, like this poor woman: https://people.com/style/lawsuit-dropped-against-egyptian-actress-rania-youssef-after-she-was-sued-over-sheer-red-carpet-dress/
Wasn’t she with the girl group The Bangles,
their best known hit being “Manic Monday”, written by the one formally known as Prince.
“Cleopatra was pure blooded Ptolomeic Greek.
Not a drop of Arab, Egyptian or other African Blood.”
The Ptolemy dynasty were notorious for inbreeding. All marriages were within the family.
I expect her family tree hadn’t branched off since Alexander the Great was a youngster.
It’s a pity she’s a Leftie; she’s one of the most adorable looking women I’ve ever seen. Well, maybe if they abuse her enough for being Israeli, she’ll eventually see the light.
Besides...she doesn't look that bad here. Nothing that well applied make-up couldn't clean up nicely.
Greek Genes but all Egyptian—She spoke Copt (Egyptian) worshiped Egyptian Gods, Dressed like an Egyptian. Besides, the Egyptian were the least racist society ever. Cleopatra wasn’t a Pharaoh —she was “The Living Isis” as for Making it with Romans—think of her as the Ancient World’s Kamala Harris. She wanted to blend Egyptian and Roman cultures to rule the world—almost did it too.
Greek Genes but all Egyptian—She spoke Copt (Egyptian) worshiped Egyptian Gods, Dressed like an Egyptian. Besides, the Egyptian were the least racist society ever. Cleopatra wasn’t a Pharaoh —she was “The Living Isis” as for Making it with Romans—think of her as the Ancient World’s Kamala Harris. She wanted to blend Egyptian and Roman cultures to rule the world—almost did it too.
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