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.
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.