I recently read an article reporting that some people are in high dudgeon over Gal Gadot being cast as Cleopatra in an upcoming film. This is mostly based on the unfounded and unproven notion that Cleopatra was a woman of colour.
Clearly, there are some roles where the ethnic appearance of the actor should reflect that of the historical figure that they’re portraying (this is why you never see a Japanese playing Abraham Lincoln, for example, or an Irishman playing Nelson Mandela), but I think this flap over Gadot is nonsense.
Boru
Clearly, there are some roles where the ethnic appearance of the actor should reflect that of the historical figure that they’re portraying (this is why you never see a Japanese playing Abraham Lincoln, for example, or an Irishman playing Nelson Mandela), but I think this flap over Gadot is nonsense.
Boru
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