Status Updates From Cleopatra and the Undoing o...

"There were 26,000 costumes made in total, many of which were stitched by costumiers who had sewn Queen Elizabeth’s coronation gown in 1953. Sixty-five of those costumes (at a budget of $194,800) were solely for Elizabeth Taylor, including the gown of pure 24-carat gold that she wore for her spectacular entry into Rome, which alone cost $6,500."

"By the end of the first day of filming, not one usable foot of exposed film had been shot. It was a symbolic start and marked only the beginning of the problems surrounding the production of Cleopatra."

Its going round in circles