Gal Gadot Will Be Playing ‘Cleopatra’ On Screen Soon

by Shatakshi Gupta

Hollywood famous actress Gal Gadot’s ‘Wonder Woman 1984‘, is awaiting release in theatres. It is expected to be released by the end of this year, but meanwhile, Gal Gadot has started another film.

The film will be directed by Patty Jenkins, who has produced ‘Wonder Woman 1984’. The film is a biopic of ‘Cleopatra’, the last ruler of the Ptolemaic kingdom of Egypt, in which Cleopatra will be portrayed by Gal Gadot.

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 About this film, Gal Gadot says that she wanted to tell the story of Cleopatra to people for a long time. The excitement of working in this film has been expressed by Gal Gadot on her social media account to her fans.  Regarding playing the character of Cleopatra, Gal Gadot said, “As you know, I have joined hands with Patty Jenkins and Laeta Kalogridis to tell the story of Queen Cleopatra of Egypt.  We will show this story in a way it would never have been shown.”

 Gal Gadot has written on her social media account that she is going to show the story of this film from the perspective of a woman. Hence, she has announced the film on International Day of the Girl child.  She has expressed confidence that all the women and girls present in the world will be inspired by this story and she will never let her voice and dreams be suppressed.  This is not the first time that an actress is going to play the character of Cleopatra on screen.

In 1963, Walter Wenger produced a film called ‘Cleopatra’. In this film actress, Elizabeth Taylor played the role of Cleopatra. In the year 1934, Claudette Colbert also played this role. This film was also titled as ‘Cleopatra’.