"Angelina Wants To Play a Black Woman." Angelina Jolie may accept the lead in Cleopatra according to Author Stacy Schiff, writer of the book Cleopatra: A Life, which is being made into a screenplay. On a recent promotional tour the book Stacy Schiff confirmed that super producer, Scott Rubin (The Hours, Doubt, No Country For Old Men) has the film in development and with Jolie. According to SET Sources, Sony optioned the book in 2006, when it was a 10-page proposal.