“Wonder Woman” and “Fast Five” actress Gal Gadot is still moving forward with the long-gestating “Cleopatra” movie she has been attached to for several years.
The project was initially supposed to be directed by Gadot’s “Wonder Woman” helmer Patty Jenkins, but she has since dropped out and was replaced by “The Falcon and the Winter Solider” helmer Kari Skogland.
The casting has drawn controversy as Gadot is an Israeli actor playing a mixed-race Egyptian queen, with comparisons being drawn to the casting of Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s expensive 1963 epic.
In a recent interview with Vogue Hong Kong, Gadot promises the film will “change the narrative” around the historical figure:
“Israel borders Egypt, and I grew up with so many stories about Cleopatra, and she’s like a household name. You know, if Wonder Woman is the imaginary strong female leader, Cleopatra’s actually the real one.
That’s a perfect example of a story that I wanted to tell because I started reading different books about Cleopatra, and I said, ‘Wow, that’s fascinating.’ All I ever saw in regard to Cleopatra from the film was that she was this seductive woman who had an affair with Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony. But the truth is, there’s so much more to her.
This woman was so ahead of her time. Egypt and what Egypt was back then was still futuristic to where we are today. I can’t say much. But to me, I’m so passionate to tell her story and to bring justice to this character and her legacy and celebrate her and her legacy. We have a beautiful script, and I cannot wait to share this story with the world and change the narrative of Cleopatra simply being a seductor.”
This matches with comments Gadot told InStyle last year, saying the film aims to show not just how sexy she was but how strategic and smart she was and the impact she “still has on the world we’re living in today”.
The “Cleopatra” film doesn’t have a production start date as yet. Gadot will next be seen in the Netflix action thriller “Heart of Stone”.
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