15 Weird Facts About Cleopatra (1963) You Never Knew

15 Weird Facts About Cleopatra (1963) You Never Knew Behind the golden splendor and Hollywood glamour of the most expensive film ever made at the time lay a production so chaotic it nearly destroyed a major studio. From Vatican death threats to gelato-selling extras caught on camera, from tracheotomy scars hidden by makeup to building material shortages across an entire country, the making of this epic was stranger than any ancient Egyptian legend. Here are the 15 weird facts you didn't know about Cleopatra.