Angelina Jolie talks playing Cleopatra

We reported a while ago that Angelina Jolie was in talks to play Cleopatra in a new movie, and now the actress has declared that she would be 'honoured' to get the role.

But Angelina said, "we haven't gotten the script yet."

Publisher of the historical biography Queen of the Nile, which the film will be based on told press, "Angelina Jolie radiates grace and power, exactly the qualities that [author] Stacy Schiff finds in her biography of the most intriguing ruler who ever lived."

But apparently rumours that Angelina was lined up to play Elizabeth Taylor in a movie of her life are false. The actress said, "I have never heard that before. I don't think that anybody could be Elizabeth Taylor better than Elizabeth Taylor."

And Elizabeth agreed, tweeting, "No one is going to play Elizabeth Taylor, but Elizabeth Taylor herself."

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