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Hypothetical remake of 'The Cleopatras'
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I have often thought that someone (HBO?) should remake 'The Cleopatras' – a 1983 BBC TV series that was generally very negatively received. The sets were awful, and the whole thing looked very cheap. But the writing wasn’t that bad, and some of the acting was actually quite good. The thing that annoyed me more than any else about the series was the fact that the characters were all dressed as stereotypical Ancient Egyptians, despite the fact that the Ptolemies were actually Greek, and would have dressed in the style of the Ancient Greeks – the show even acknowledged that they were Greek. However, I have often thought that with a decent budget, a slight rewrite and much more accurate costuming, a remake of The Cleopatras could do very well. It could be a new Game of Thrones. It has the intrigue, the politics, the scheming, the sex, the battles, the complex characters, and it culminates in the reign of Cleopatra, the most famous Ptolemy of them all. A winning recipe, certainly. One afternoon when I was bored, I set about wondering who I would cast if I were in charge of remaking the series. So, for your amusement, here is who I came up with. Please note that this is a list of who I would cast if this hypothetical series were made in 2017; any later and it would require a rethink as some of the younger cast would become too old for the roles I allotted them.
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