Black Cleopatra actor responds to casting controversy: You don’t have to watch it if you don’t like it
Black Cleopatra actor responds to casting controversy: You don’t have to watch it if you don’t like it
2023-04-20
Recently, Netflix's new documentary "Queen of Africa: Queen Cleopatra" used a black actor to play the role of Queen Cleopatra VII of the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt, causing public controversy. More than 85,000 people petitioned to boycott the film .
However, the film's producers insist that the traditional image of Cleopatra VII is "debated" and inconclusive. Actress Adele James, who played Cleopatra, responded: "If you don't like the casting, don't watch it." She also tweeted screenshots of the abusive comments, which included racist slurs.
Zahi Hawass, a well-known Egyptian archaeologist and former Egyptian Minister of Antiquities, once emphasized that "Cleopatra was a Greek", so she should have light skin, "It is false and deceptive that Egyptian civilization originated from black people. fact".
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