Patty Jenkins' Cleopatra - Starring Gal Gadot

[Viper 12,211]

I'm definitely in.

https://deadline.com/2020/10/cleopatra-gal-gadot-patty-jenkins-movie-deal-paramount-pictures-wonder-woman-reteam-laeta-kalogridis-writing-1234595246/

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[ajax 2,671]

Gal Gadot as Cleopatra? I need some popcorn for the inevitable twitter rage.

[Bozo_Casanova 26,773]

I'm thrilled by this

[nineliveslost 2,964]

i think its perfectly cast. Gal is smoking and Cleopatra is suppose to be one of the hottest. I think she will knock it out of the park 

[TexArcher 38,816]

And people are already pissed.

Shocking.

[Deej 77,661]

4 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

And people are already pissed.

Shocking.

Why? Because there's no way in hell Cleopatra was as hot as Gal Gadot?

[David Dennison 19,439]

5 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

And people are already pissed.

Shocking.

Please tell me it's not an Israeli playing an Egyptian ruler thing.

[WBT 20,879]

I don't know, it's a lot to live up to

[TexArcher 38,816]

6 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Please tell me it's not an Israeli playing an Egyptian ruler thing.

But you know it is.

[nineliveslost 2,964]

The inhabitants of this plant just try to find things to be offended and aghast over 

There is enough real shit 

[Deej 77,661]

13 minutes ago, WBT said:

I don't know, it's a lot to live up to

Gal Gadot's got this. 

[HornOnTheBayou 9,056]

45 minutes ago, ajax said:

Gal Gadot as Cleopatra? I need some popcorn for the inevitable twitter rage in my pants.

FIFY

Edited October 13, 2020 by HornOnTheBayou

[Deej 77,661]

Can they CGI her into HBO's "Rome"?

[Viper 12,211]

Why are people pissed? Are they anti-semitic? Gadot is pretty close to what Cleopatra looked like except perhaps ironically, her nose isn't as big

[futureman 22,664]

Cleopatra wasn't even from the Middle East. 

[Deej 77,661]

44 minutes ago, Viper said:

Why are people pissed? Are they anti-semitic? Gadot is pretty close to what Cleopatra looked like except perhaps ironically, her nose isn't as big

Yeah, not so much.

 

 

[Dbeasy 15,526]

I don't know, it's a lot to live up to

Wilford Brimley once had to meet Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton for dinner to stand-in for Howard Hughes, who didn’t want to go. Wilford said she was the nicest person he’d ever met.

And now you know the rest of the story.

[TwiceHorn 31,982]

8 minutes ago, futureman said:

Cleopatra wasn't even from the Middle East. 

Well, she was "from" there, having apparently been born and raised in Alexandria.

But she was of Balkan Greek descent.

[Js1 86,916]

1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

Well, she was "from" there, having apparently been born and raised in Alexandria.

But she was of Balkan Greek descent.

Also Egypt isn’t the Middle East. It’s North Africa. 

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1 hour ago, WBT said:

I don't know, it's a lot to live up to

Gal Gadot needs about half-a-dozen more husbands.  I'm willing to take seconds or thirds. Or fourths, fifths, sixths, sevenths, whatever.

[TwiceHorn 31,982]

32 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Also Egypt isn’t the Middle East. It’s North Africa. 

True enough, but it is kind of identified with the Middle East for the last century or so.

A lot of Egyptians were "black" or 'nubian," but people fail to realize that it was ruled by Macedonian Greeks for three centuries and was a Roman satellite state during much of that time.

As a Jew of Central European descent, Gadot is probably ethnically fairly accurate.

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[futureman 22,664]

31 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Also Egypt isn’t the Middle East. It’s North Africa. 

wikipedia says you’re wrong, dumbass!

[Pato del Muerto 53,325]

1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

Well, she was "from" there, having apparently been born and raised in Alexandria.

But she was of Balkan Greek descent.

Virginia?

[After irth 1,245]

6 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Virginia?

Louisiana

[Continental Op 3,934]

I'd like to have Gal's Nefer-titties in my face.

[MagicSoccerSpray 1,736]

5 hours ago, David Dennison said:

Please tell me it's not an Israeli playing an Egyptian ruler thing.

 

Cleopatra was Greek.

 

3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

As a Jew of Central European descent, Gadot is probably ethnically fairly accurate.

 

I believe the term is Ashkenazi.

[Viper 12,211]

8 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

True enough, but it is kind of identified with the Middle East for the last century or so.

A lot of Egyptians were "black" or 'nubian," but people fail to realize that it was ruled by Macedonian Greeks for three centuries and was a Roman satellite state during much of that time.

As a Jew of Central European descent, Gadot is probably ethnically fairly accurate.

i guess it depends on what you mean by "a lot". Most ancient Egyptians looked pretty much like what today's Egyptians look like.

[Parliament 14,555]

9 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

Wilford Brimley once had to meet Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton for dinner to stand-in for Howard Hughes, who didn’t want to go. Wilford said she was the nicest sweetest person he’d ever met.

And now you know the rest of the story.

(diabeetus)

[52-80 19,377]

11 hours ago, Viper said:

Why are people pissed? Are they anti-semitic? Gadot is pretty close to what Cleopatra looked like except perhaps ironically, her nose isn't as big

Outrage Culture is alive and kicking in 2020

[TwiceHorn 31,982]

6 hours ago, MagicSoccerSpray said:

 

Cleopatra was Greek.

 

 

I believe the term is Ashkenazi.

That is right.  Arguably, the Jewish part trumps the rest of it, but ethnically central European is probably pretty close to Macedonian.

[Eastwood 4,394]

True enough, but it is kind of identified with the Middle East for the last century or so.
A lot of Egyptians were "black" or 'nubian," but people fail to realize that it was ruled by Macedonian Greeks for three centuries and was a Roman satellite state during much of that time.
As a Jew of Central European descent, Gadot is probably ethnically fairly accurate.

Ptolemaic Dynasty also had a ton of inbreeding, so there's was no chance for Cleopatra to be any ethnicity but Greek. Anyone outraged by an olive skinned Cleopatra is just showing they don't know the history of Egypt like they thought they did.

[Doc Reeves 6,434]

This is odd. 
 

Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, famously founding the city of Alexandria where he landed to begin his conquest of the Middle East and India. After his death in India, one of his Generals Ptolemy Soter, stole his body and had it entombed in Alexandria where he assumed the throne of the ancient kingdom becoming Ptolemy I. Lots of his commanders who had been with him for 20 yrs also settled there since as conquers they where entitled to their vanquished noble counterparts land, wealth and harems there by turning Egypt into a Hellenistic state. 

The nobility was primarily Greek for 500 years meaning that Cleopatra was almost entirely Greek since the available population pool her ancestors were culturally able to marry was also Greek. 
 

In conclusion, I’m in. Maybe slap some bronzer on Gals cleavage if it will calm the Twitters 

Edited October 13, 2020 by Doc Reeves

[Rougarou 594]

This thread is salve to the wounds that is the spread of the infection of SJW cancel culture-itis 

[SwanderedTalent 5,761]

21 minutes ago, Doc Reeves said:

Maybe slap some bronzer on Gals cleavage

dibs

[Js1 86,916]

44 minutes ago, Eastwood said:

11 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

True enough, but it is kind of identified with the Middle East for the last century or so.
A lot of Egyptians were "black" or 'nubian," but people fail to realize that it was ruled by Macedonian Greeks for three centuries and was a Roman satellite state during much of that time.
As a Jew of Central European descent, Gadot is probably ethnically fairly accurate.

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Ptolemaic Dynasty also had a ton of inbreeding, so there's was no chance for Cleopatra to be any ethnicity but Greek. Anyone outraged by an olive skinned Cleopatra is just showing they don't know the history of Egypt like they thought they did.

So it was like original SEC?

[aggie08 21,732]

The last couple of big budget Hollywood movies set in ancient Egypt have starred Gerard Butler, Jamie Lanister, Christian Bale, Ben Kingsley, and Aaron Paul. So I'd call this progress.

[TexArcher 38,816]

7 hours ago, MagicSoccerSpray said:

Cleopatra was Greek.

To clarify, Cleopatra was of Greek descent.  She was born in Egypt.

I think people are basically outraged that a Jew is playing the leader of a Muslim country.  Or that a white woman is playing a brown woman.  I know, I know.  But people are that fucking stupid these days.

[Js1 86,916]

39 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

To clarify, Cleopatra was of Greek descent.  She was born in Egypt.

I think people are basically outraged that a Jew is playing the leader of a Muslim country.  Or that a white woman is playing a brown woman.  I know, I know.  But people are that fucking stupid these days.

When America can't even agree on more movies starring Gal Gadot being a good thing, you know America is fucked.

She can play FDR in a movie for all I care.  She's awesome. 

[smuggs 9,394]

13 hours ago, Deej said:

Yeah, not so much.

 

 

 

Chariot wheelhouse.

 

[52-80 19,377]

9 minutes ago, smuggs said:

 

Chariot wheelhouse.

 

I've seen better on the plains of Mesopotamia

[smuggs 9,394]

2 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

I've seen better on the plains of Mesopotamia

 

The Fertile Crescent.

 

[BrazilHorn 6,787]

Gal Gadot is hot without a doubt, but is there some groundswell of demand for this movie to be remade? (Surly - you mean beyond the groundswell in my pants - Surly)

Not once have I ever heard someone say "Man, you know what should be dusted off & remade? Cleopatra!"

Just seems like a ready made bomb, or "Wonder Woman" sans super-powers.

 

[Eastwood 4,394]

So it was like original SEC?

A tradition as old as time.

[Js1 86,916]

1 hour ago, smuggs said:

 

Chariot wheelhouse.

 

Probably the 2nd woman ArmyBrat fucked, after Mitochondrial Eve. 

40 minutes ago, BrazilHorn said:

Gal Gadot is hot without a doubt, but is there some groundswell of demand for this movie to be remade? (Surly - you mean beyond the groundswell in my pants - Surly)

Not once have I ever heard someone say "Man, you know what should be dusted off & remade? Cleopatra!"

Just seems like a ready made bomb, or "Wonder Woman" sans super-powers.

 

Um, Hollywood is still out of ideas.  Might as well remake something. 

[52-80 19,377]

47 minutes ago, BrazilHorn said:

Gal Gadot is hot without a doubt, but is there some groundswell of demand for this movie to be remade? (Surly - you mean beyond the groundswell in my pants - Surly)

Not once have I ever heard someone say "Man, you know what should be dusted off & remade? Cleopatra!"

Just seems like a ready made bomb, or "Wonder Woman" sans super-powers.

 

U say that, but it's actually on my watchlist this week.  That movie is epic

[PittsburghTiger 6,318]

2 hours ago, TexArcher said:

To clarify, Cleopatra was of Greek descent.  She was born in Egypt.

I think people are basically outraged that a Jew is playing the leader of a Muslim country.  Or that a white woman is playing a brown woman.  I know, I know.  But people are that fucking stupid these days.

Yeah, but wasn't she alive about 550 years before Muhammed was even born? So, Egypt was not a Muslim country then because there was no such thing.

[smuggs 9,394]

11 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

So, Egypt was not a Muslim country then because there was no such thing.

They were Muslims but didn't know it yet. As were the Sumerians, Hassuna and the Carcharodontosaurus saharicus.

[Sbbruin 22,081]

14 hours ago, Deej said:

Yeah, not so much.

 

 

Decently quality cameras they had back then.