Queen Cleopatra actress Adele James says it does not matter what race she was
msn.comNetflix's 'Queen Cleopatra' docudrama said it was a 'political act' to cast her - and laughed off controversy engulfing the show.
Adele James, 27, takes on the role of the famous queen from the land of the Pharaohs. The show, which was released on May 10, features claims that Cleopatra VII was black with 'curly hair' and a historian saying 'I remember my grandmother saying to me: I don't care what they tell you in school, Cleopatra was black. 'Egyptians reacted with dismay at the apparent rejection of records which show Cleopatra was Macedonian-Greek.
An Egyptian lawyer has filed a case with the country's public prosecutor demanding that Netflix be shut down. Ms James said of the role: 'It is political.
To be black or mixed race or a non-white person in the world today, especially in the western world, is kind of a political act in and of itself.
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