[CondoleezzaProtege]

Besides the usual 'cultural appropriation' police being at work -- the backlash reveals how Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israeli sentiments unfortunately pervade among the global public.

I haven't seen 'Wonder Woman' or anything Gal Godot is in, but looks-wise she seems perfect to me!

[BuffaloJack]

Cleopatra was a Ptolemy (Greek).

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***the epic tale made famous by Elizabeth Taylor in the 1963 classic***
The only thing “famous” was the scandal of Elizabeth Taylor and Burton which was in all the newspapers.

It bombed at the theaters. Lost lots of money. Ruined the desire to see Roman era epics such as Fall Of The Roman Empire, for years.

[Vermont Lt]

It’s called “acting” for a reason.

[catnipman]

“’Wonder Woman’ Gal Gadot to star as Cleopatra, sparking dispute over Israeli in role”

it’s simple,really: Israel wasn’t a country when Cleopatra the Greek reined over Egypt, which means it’s totally inappropriate for an Israeli citizen to pretend like she’s Cleopatra ... only a Greek can appropriately pretend like she’s Cleopatra ...