On getting this big Netflix role Adele reveals: "I started auditioning a few months after coming off-air in Casualty. I also had combat training and had to learn how to ride a horse." She has quite a few looks – as a warrior, mother, queen, scholar – and there are some epic scenes where Cleo’s all glammed up. 'Transforming into Cleopatra took hours! I think the first costume fitting was at least seven hours long. We show the rise and fall of Cleopatra, picking up her story when her father dies and she becomes co-ruler, then ruler of her country – and remember, she was only 18! We also spotlight her intellect – she spoke nine languages – and her relationships with Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, her children and the political decisions she made with her advisors. We show the human being behind what it was to be a woman in power in Ancient Egypt a Queen, a Pharaoh, a mother. "The most exciting thing for me is being able to humanise the icon. The drama mixes in real-life ‘talking head’ experts to give a very thorough picture of Cleopatra. Thankfully, this is a docudrama, so the script had so much detail. "I’m no Egyptologist, so just surface-level stuff that I learnt at school or from Hollywood versions of her played by actresses over the years such as Elizabeth Taylor, Vivien Leigh and Sophia Loren. It’s also the first time I’ve led a series on my own and the first time I get to hear the famous Netflix ‘Ta-DUM’ when my work comes on TV! "I’m so pumped to play Cleopatra! It’s the role of a lifetime and top of my bucket list as she’s one of the most iconic human beings that ever lived. There’s so much more to Cleopatra than meets the eye, than what we think we know from Hollywood versions of her. "She’s been over-sexualised and not credited enough for the intelligent, brilliant, political leader she was. (Image credit: Netflix) Queen Cleopatra cast - Adele James on playing CleopatraĪdele James played Tina Mollet in the British medical series Casualty and has also starred in Nate & Jamie, Doctors, The Corona Connections and Acceptable Damage. On playing the iconic Queen Cleopatra she told us: "Cleopatra has been misunderstood and misrepresented over time,’ says British actor and former Casualty star. Adele James crown's up in Queen Cleopatra.
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