The article content could not be retrieved — the text supplied only contains the webpage's navigation menu and site branding (Music, Film, Travel, Art, News, Shop, Mailing List), not the actual article body about Elizabeth Taylor's 1963 role, widely understood from the title to reference her performance as Cleopatra in the film of the same name. Without the substantive text, no reliable factual summary of the article's content or arguments can be produced.

To provide an accurate summary in British English, the full article text would need to be supplied, as the title alone suggests it discusses Taylor's reported ambivalence towards the iconic role but does not confirm specific quotes, context or details.