Leaks
of
Sony
e-mails
have
revealed
that
producer
Scott
Rudin
claimed
actress
Angelina
Jolie
is
"seriously
out
of
her
mind" for
the
ideas
she
put
forward
about
the
once-planned
remake
of
Elizabeth
Taylor's
"Cleopatra".
In
an
email
exchange
originally
between
Rudin,
Sony
co-chairman
Amy
Pascal
and
Jolie
herself,
the
actress
is
at
one
point
taken
out
of
the
chain
of
messages
so
that
she
can
be
talked
about
behind
her
back.
Obtained
by
Hollywood
news
website
Defamer,
the
exchange
begins
with
Rudin
and
Pascal
discussing
the
possibility
of
getting
director
Davin
Fincher
for
"Cleopatra",
something
which
ultimately
did
not
happen.
At
one
point,
the
film
even
manages
to
score
a
huge
director
in
Martin
Scorsese,
and
Jolie's
so
desperate
to
work
with
him
that
she
says
to
Rudin:
"Let
me
know
if
there
is
anything
I
should
be
doing.
Like
getting
on
a
plane
and
begging
Marty."
It's
then
revealed
that
Scorsese
is
booked
up
until
2016
so
the
search
goes
on
for
a
director,
and
when
Jolie
tells
both
Rudin
and
Pascal
she's
going
over
the
films
of
some
new
directors
to
consider
getting
onboard,
she's
taken
off
the
chain
by
Rudin,
who
sends
a
message
directly
to
Pascal
reading:
"Kill
me
now.
Immediately."
No
directors
end
up
working
out,
and
talk
moves
on
to
changing
the
film
to
the
classic
Shakespeare
version
of
the
story
-
Antony
and
Cleopatra
-
with
Jolie
in
the
lead
role
and
a
big
male
name
for
the
other
lead
role.
Rudin
writes:
"We
ought
to
make
this
with
her
and
(Michael)
Fassbender
or
(Tom)
Hardy
or
(Benedict)
Cumberbatch
and
go
home".
Jolie
responds
that
she
thinks
the
script
is
almost
where
it
needs
to
be
and
would
like
to
stay
on
the
course
already
mapped
out.
Rudin
removes
her
from
the
chain
again
and
says
to
Pascal:
"She's
seriously
out
of
her
mind".
Pascal
seems
to
stay
calm
and
suggests
the
three
get
together
for
a
meeting,
but
Rudin
replies:
"Nooooooo
nooooooo
noooooo
please!
Not
a
meeting",
before
talk
between
the
three
falls
apart.