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Who should play Cleopatra in Shekhar Kapur's new TV show? Tell us!

August 19, 2015 14:01 IST

Elizabeth Taylor as CleopatraThe beautiful and powerful Egyptian queen Cleopatra will make her way to a television series, directed by our very own Shekhar Kapur.

According to the Daily Mail, this version of Cleopatra will not depict her as a seductress, who had affairs with Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony, but instead will see a better and more intelligent ruler than the men on her times.

Kapur is well known to Hollywood, having directed Cate Blanchett in the two Elizabeth movies -- Elizabeth and The Golden Age -- and also Heath Ledger in The Four Feathers.

But who will play Cleopatra, who has been immortalised on the big screen by Elizabeth Taylor (in the picture)?

Hit the message board below with your choices!

Rediff Entertainment Bureau