'Wonder Woman' Gal Gadot to star as Cleopatra, sparking dispute over Israeli in role

Times of Israel ^ | Oct 2020 | Staff

[BitWielder1]

They should just pick a transgender and watch their money circle down the drain.

[Sirius Lee]

I have no problem with Gal in the role, but I will fantasize that she can sing like this Cleopatra belting a tune by one of the world's greatest composer for the voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJCg3055D7U

[Rummyfan]

Personally, I’ll watch a movie featuring Gal Gadot reading the phone book, so who cares?

[jpsb]

Exactly, and the ancient Egyptians were Semites as were the ancient Jews and just about everyone in the Middle Mast and Nile river basin circa 50 BC.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

The most powerful men in the world desired her for her intelligence and political savy, of all things.

I suspect they desired her mostly for her kingdom. Intelligence and political savvy aren't that hard to find, but single women with a kingdom - that's a catch.

[Do_Tar]

Egyptians had slaves.

[Lite]

Yes. They also had a huge hit with “Walk like an Egyptian”, and in the video for the song, Susanna Hoffs was smokin’ hot.

[dfwgator]

Susanna Hoffs was smokin’ hot.

Still is.

[katana]

She was not a descendant of Alexander. Ptolemy was one of his generals, who received Egypt to rule after Alexander's unexpected death (at age 33). Hence the name of the dynasty.

The family adopted almost all the customs and rituals of the Pharaohs to give the population the sense of continuity and avoid insurrection. That included incestuous marriage in order to keep the bloodline "pure". Cleo had her young brother killed and avoided that, and her only issue was the (supposed?) son of Julius Caesar, Caesarian. Octavian made sure he didn't make it either.

[reg45]

That would require creativity and originality, things that have been missing in Hollywood for decades.

[D Rider]

She was a woman you could imagine creating a dynasty with. Julius Caesar considered her as an equal. Intelligence and political savy and good counsel was not easy to find in a woman at that time.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Who the hell cares?

Nothing brings a crowd of liberals together faster than something that is none of their damn business.

[colorado tanker]

The spending on the Cleopatra movie production was so lavish it darn near bankrupted 20th Century Fox. Even though it was a box office hit, the movie still lost money.

Fortunately, The Longest Day, filmed about the same time, was such a big hit Fox was saved, for then anyway.

[mdmathis6]

Yup....thus I’m now been better schooled! Thanks! :)

[ChildOfThe60s]

Liberals are ignorant.

While there is a cure for ignorance (it’s called knowledge) one can be certain that they will pursue that cure.

[dp0622]

lol

Like I’ve said before, if they want to stop cultural appropriation, anyone who isn’t European of of European descent is gonna be shocked how much their life sucks afterwards.

[xp38]

Saw her in a small club post Bangles. Can’t even remember the year now. Either 90s or the OOs. It was a good show and she sang a few Bangles songs.

[chaosagent]

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.

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Actually, she was the first Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt who did speak Egyptian

[Long Jon No Silver]

It needs yelling again. “SHUT UP AND ACT!” to paraphrase Zappa

[Long Jon No Silver]

I had my mouth washed out with soap for drawing her cleavage on dads afternoon newspaper