Also 'sexy' and 'smart' is probably historically inaccurate, since her dynasty had been doing sibling marriages for like a hundred years. I think Plutarch even called her ugly, although that might have more to do with Roman politics than her.
Also 'sexy' and 'smart' is probably historically inaccurate, since her dynasty had been doing sibling marriages for like a hundred years. I think Plutarch even called her ugly, although that might have more to do with Roman politics than her.
My main anger is over the nerds being like "Burt she wurz Greek!!! YA KNOW WHYTE!!!" Like no... Greeks and Italians, now as then, have basically the same skin tones as everyone else in the Mediterranean basin. Having some norther European looking person play Cleopatra is not "historically accurate."
in this 'conversation' according to angry nerds is gal gadot appropriately white or not white enough :fry:
she tan and dark haired...
Schrodingers Cracker
Honky uncertainty principle
Honestly I am less annoyed by the actual casting of Gal Gadot, than I am about all the fucking reddit tier smarm going "SEE ITS OK FOR CLEOPATRA TO BE WHITE!!!!" Ignoring the white supremacist history embedded in Classical studies, which is only now being uprooted weed by fucking weed, most fucking white people didn't accept Greeks as white 100 fucking years ago.