EGYPT’S most famous pharaoh will once again be portrayed in Hollywood, and again by one of the generation’s most beautiful women.

First played by the gorgeous Elizabeth Taylor in 1963, today Angelina Jolie will take on the role of Queen of the Nile, Cleopatra in an adaptation of a novel written about the ruler’s life.

Based on the written biography, Queen of the Nile, Cleopatra: A Life, publisher Michael Pietsch said, “Angelina Jolie radiates grace and power, exactly the qualities that Stacy Schiff finds in her biography of the most intriguing ruler who ever lived”.

The author herself agrees.

“I think she’d be perfect for it and I can see a possible Oscar in her future,” said Schiff.

Do you think Angelina will do Cleopatra justice?

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