‘Much of what we know thanks to Hollywood is pure rot’ Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra docudrama has been heavily criticised for its casting, but it has also bombed with viewers and critics. Adele James, who plays the famous monarch, along with the director and producers, has been forced to defend her casting which even prompted an […]

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‘It’s distressing for anybody to receive any level of abuse, let alone the scale and the nature of what I’ve received’ Adele James, the star of Netflix’s controversial ‘Queen Cleopatra’ docudrama has hit back at the row over her casting, saying it is “fundamentally racist”. The English actress plays the famous monarch in the series, […]

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‘Her proximity to whiteness seems to give her value, and for some Egyptians, it seems to really matter’ The director behind Netflix’s new series Queen Cleopatra has spoken out after the casting of a Black actress led to a lawyer trying to sue the streaming service. Mahmoud al-Semary submitted a case Sunday via the Public […]

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‘This is completely fake’ A lawyer has filed a case against Netflix for the way Cleopatra is portrayed in a docudrama streaming next month. Mahmoud al-Semary submitted a case Sunday via the Public Prosecutor in an attempt to shut Netflix down in Egypt over the series, African Queens: Queen Cleopatra, due to the decision to […]

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