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It was the year 2002 when iconic Italian actress and model Monica Bellucci donned a gold gown for the role of Cleopatra. Starring in a film titledAsterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra,the film is simply one of the greatest ever made.
Before talks of Gal Gadot portraying the role of Cleopatra came to light, Monica Bellucci had already done it decades ago. Even after 2 decades, fans are still admiring the actress and her beauty.
When Monica Bellucci Portrayed The Role of Queen Cleopatra
Credit where credit is due, the French name for the film is actuallyAstérix et Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre. The 2002 film is a German-French comedy/adventure movie by director Alain Chabat.
Starring a plethora of characters, the film had Christian Clavier and Gérard Depardieu reprising their roles as Asterix and Obelix respectively. However, the film also featuredMonica Belluccias the beautiful Queen Cleopatra.
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Despite being an Italian actress and model, Bellucci’s portrayal received worldwide fame and critical acclaim.Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatrafound the biggest opening in French theaters at that time and the film was a commercial success.
Even after 2 decades, fans are still in awe of her beauty and the iconic role that she played in the comedy film. Taking to their social media accounts on X, fans couldn’t help but gush over the actress’ beauty.
Monica Bellucci as Cleopatrapic.twitter.com/KaUp8NbAhm
As history tells it, Queen Cleopatra was the ruler of Egypt and she had an affair with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony. The character has often been portrayed as a seductress and that is whatGal Gadotaims to change.
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With the reports that Gadot is going to portray the role of Cleopatra, people questioned about Gadot’s lineage.Being an Israeli actress, fans took offense about the casting of Gadot as Cleopatra. On the other hand, Gal Gadot is moving ahead with her project despite the controversies.
Gal Gadot Wants To Change The Narrative Around Cleopatra
Being an Israeli actress, there was a lot of uproar when Gadot announced that she was going to portray the role of Queen Cleopatra in a film titledCleopatra.Although there haven’t been many updates about the film, Gadot is still going strong.
In a 2023 interview withVariety, Gadot talked about how Cleopatra was often portrayed as a seductress in films. However, she feels that Cleopatra was so much more than that.
In the interview, the actress touched upon the Queen’s history, her relationship with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, and how, she was much more than a seductress.
Israel borders Egypt, and I grew up with so many stories about Cleopatra, and she’s like a household name. You know, if Wonder Woman is the imaginary strong female leader, Cleopatra’s actually the real one.
She continued,
All I ever saw in regards to Cleopatra from film was that she was this seductive woman who had an affair with Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony. But the truth is, there’s so much more to her.
At the moment, there are no confirmed updates regarding the status of the film. All we can say is thatCleopatrais currently in pre-production as Gadot is in no hurry to make the film.
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Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatrareceived a rating of 6.7/10 on IMDB and a whopping 86% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The 2002 film is available to stream on Prime Video in the U.S.
Visarg Acharya
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
