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3 unusual facts about Cleopatra Wong


Cleopatra Wong

The Singapore-based fictional Interpol agent has been used in an early film franchise hailing from Southeast Asia, and has remained the only film franchise featuring a Singaporean as the central figure.

Moreover, Cleopatra Wong's influence extended beyond film, reaching out to the music industry, when Australian musician and composer Amanda Brown, following the breakup of The Go-Betweens, formed with former Go-Betweens drummer Lindy Morrison as well as with Michael Armiger, Colin Bloxsom and Mark Moffatt, a band called Cleopatra Wong which was active from 1991 to 1992.

Cleopatra Wong's influence on film was also documented by Mark Hartley's feature-length documentary Machete Maidens Unleashed! released in 2010.



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