Humm, was there a problem when Liz Taylor played Cleo?
Yes. Enough history hadn't been rewritten yet and some public schools still taught history.
Not that I recall. I don't even remember there being an issue of her being Jewish, and playing an Eqyptian Queen. The only uproar that occurred was her torrid love affair with Richard Burton. She was married to Eddie Fisher at the time. If I recall, she received a million dollars for the part, the most ever paid to an actor. I was in high school when the movie came out, and remember going to the premier at one of the theaters in Rochester, NY. The only reason I got to go was the guy I was dating at the time worked as an usher, and got me in for free.