Posted on 06/17/2010 8:16:48 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
She hasn't even been officially confirmed as having the role, but Angelina Jolie is already receiving criticism over her possible portrayal of the legendary Queen of the Nile.
Jolie, who turned 35 last week, is caught up in a racially charged debate over whether the role should of been played by a black woman.
The Egyptian royal was most famously portrayed Elizabeth Taylor in 1963.
The new film's producer, Scott Rudin, previously told USA Today the role is being developed with Angelina in mind as she has 'the perfect look'.
But this statement has angered members of the African American community.
An Essence Magazine online story asks, 'Another White Actress to Play Cleopatra?'
'Honestly, I don't care how full Angelina Jolie's lips are, how many African children she adopts, or how bronzed her skin will become for the film, I firmly believe this role should have gone to a black woman.'
Jolie adopted her daughter Zahara,5, from Ethiopia and gave birth to Shiloh,3, in Namibia. She also has 3 other children with partner, Brad Pitt. Maddox, 8, Pax, 6, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 2.
'Were Vanessa Williams, Halle Berry and Thandie Newton unavailable for auditions that day?' the writer continued.
'Why does Hollywood think it’s even slightly plausible to cast white women in roles that would be more sensible to cast a black actress for? Especially when that role is an African queen.'
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Okay the Macedonian Ptolemies had been there for 300 years, but Cleopatra (VII) was the first to bother to learn to speak Egyptian. Hardly "gone native".
LOL
“This is who should play Cleopatra...”
Wow; I’m glad the Helen Thomas picture didn’t show up after that line.
Whew...
What else would you expect from self-absorbed racist Morons...
Coins of Antony and Cleopatra (in that order, 'cause it's kind of hard to tell)
Racist....and uneducated, ignorant....bastards. Who cares.
You’d think the row would be over the making of another stupid Cleopatra movie.
If Cleopatra was a Macedonian Greek that means she was a white girl! Don’t tell that to the diverse ones because they’ll get upset.
Who do they want?
Queen Latifah.....
Hollywood math?
Morgan Freeman.
You can't make a movie nowadays without Morgan Freeman in there somewheres. :-P
What's Mr Rudin's opinion on the black actor cast to portra "Thor?"
Then they won’t call me a racist if I don’t appreciate black Madonna & child depictions?
Neither of them are much to look at.
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