Angelina Jolie to play Cleopatra from a different angle

Angelina Jolie has taken on her fair share of challenging roles, but the Oscar-winning actress recently spoke about one of her most difficult roles to date: Cleopatra. Miss Jolie is set to star in the remake of the critically acclaimed, 1963 film starring Elizabeth Taylor, and the actress is aware she has very large shoes to fill.

The big-screen remake, titled "Queen of the Nile: Cleopatra, A Life," is said to be a unique interpretation of the classic tale. Prior to her death, Taylor reportedly voiced concerns about the remake, particularly the casting of Miss Jolie in her iconic role.

"My performance will never be as lovely as Elizabeth's," Miss Jolie told the Telegraph in a recent interview.
Miss Jolie plans to approach the Egyptian queen from a different angle. "We are trying to get into a different truth about her as a pharaoh in history and not as a sex symbol, because she really wasn't," she said. "She has been very misunderstood.

"She was very interesting, but she wasn't a great beauty," Miss Jolie said. "She was a very strong mother, she spoke five languages and she was a leader."

The film doesn't hit theaters until 2013, and the director has yet to be confirmed, but Miss Jolie has expressed interest in working with David Fincher of "The Social Network." The male lead is still up in the air as well, but actor Johnny Depp has said he thinks Miss Jolie's beau, Brad Pitt, would be a good fit.

"They're the Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton of our era," he said.

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