There are rumors Lady Gaga, and Angelina Jolie are battling over who should play as Cleopatra in the Queen of the Nile's biopic movie. Although the two actresses' busy schedules seem to prove they are not doing the film, fans also think they are not the perfect fit to take the role, saying it should be Beyoncé or Rihanna.
According to Gossip Cop, there were reports Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper would be reunited in Cleopatra biopic after the success of A Star is Born. However, the 33-year-old star's spokesperson denied the claim.
Lady Gaga is in the middle of her Las Vegas residency that will run until November. So, there is no way that she will have the time to play the role of the Egyptian queen. Bradley Cooper, on the other hand, will not take the role of the legendary Roman lover, Mark Anthony, as he is also about to film the composer Leonard Bernstein biopic.
The publication also debunks the rumors that Lady Gaga and Angelina Jolie are battling for the role of Cleopatra. The Shallow hitmaker has never been in talks to the do the movie, so it is impossible that she will be in it. Also, Brad Pitt's former wife recently signed to be in the Marvel movie The Eternals. Hence, she also can't take the role.
With the rumors that Lady Gaga and Angelina Jolie are considered to play as Cleopatra, the assumptions about the titular character's real ethnicity started online. Fans contend whoever will play the role of the ancient Egyptian ruler should be a perfect fit, but it is not either of the two actresses. The Daily Star reported the Cleopatra biopic would be a "dirty, bloody political thriller told from a feminist perspective," and it should be played by a Black woman.
There are different theories about Cleopatra's real ethnicity. The Smithsonian believed she was born in Egypt, but historians claimed she was of Greek descent from Alexander the Great's general Ptolemy I Soter's family. Alternatively, archeologists reportedly found the remains of Princess Arsinoe's, Cleopatra's sister, and learned she had an "African skeleton."
So, neither of Angelina Jolie or Lady Gaga are good for the role. Some fans think Beyoncé is the perfect fit to play the character of Cleopatra. Some of them also said Rihanna could play the role. As there is no major update about the movie yet, fans should wait for an official announcement about the film.
