Angelina Jolie As Cleopatra Raises Criticism  Angelina Jolie |
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie who had been offered to portray Queen Cleopatra in an upcoming biopic on the queen is facing objections from people as many feel that the role must have gone to a black actress.
The casting decision of producer, Scott Rudin has made African American community furious. The African American blogs are flooded with messages criticising and commenting on the beauty.
In a story called ‘Another White Actress to Play Cleopatra?’ the writer pens down his anger and says, "Honestly, I don't care how full Angelina Jolie's lips are, how many African children she adopts, or how bronzed her skin will become for the film, I firmly believe this role should have gone to a black woman."
The writer added, "Were Vanessa Williams, Halle Berry and Thandie Newton unavailable for auditions that day? Why does Hollywood think it’s even slightly plausible to cast white women in roles that would be more sensible to cast a black actress for? Especially when that role is an African queen."
It has been noted that the Egyptian queen had always been played by white women. In the past, Claudette Colbert played the Queen in 1934, Vivien Leigh in 1945 and the most famous Cleopatra to date, Elizabeth Taylor in 1963.
