For this behind the scenes interview, we asked YOU to send in your questions about the making of "Cleopatra, Daughter of the Nile." We got lots of great questions, and we talked with the cast and crew and answered as many as we could! So...here's what you wanted to know! Was the actress who played Cleopatra really from Egypt? – Madeline B. No, and neither was the real Cleopatra! Cleopatra was from Macedonia, Greece, and Elissa Moolecherry, the actress who played Cleopatra, is East Indian. Where was the show shot, and how hot did it get? – Lydia S. It was filmed in Toronto, but it sure felt like Egypt during the week we were filming! It was very, very hot. The only ones comfortable on the set that week were the camels! We filmed the water scenes on Lake Ontario. For the Roman and Egyptian palaces, we filmed some scenes inside of a studio, but most were shot inside of a Roman bath house on the beach of Lake Ontario. Was the cast nice? – Madeline B. The cast and crew had a great time together on this production. A lot of the crew had worked together before on some of the other Dear America episodes, so we're like one big happy family! How did Cleopatra, the actress, get the role? – Ashley G. Elisa competed against about 20 other hopefuls for the role of Cleopatra. She lives in Toronto and before Cleopatra, she has acted in both TV shows (Eerie Indiana) and theater. Is this story really about what happened to Cleopatra or is it fiction? – Paige O. All of our shows and books are based on real people and events, but some situations and people are fictional. For instance, in "Cleopatra, Daughter of the Nile", there is a scene where Cleopatra hides in a rug to secretly visit her father. According to history books, Cleopatra did actually do this, but she was visiting Julius Caesar instead. Do you think you relate to Cleopatra in any way? – Nacho C. Everyone likes dressing up don't they?! Both men and women in Cleopatra's time wore make-up, nail polish (more like paint), wigs, and jewelry. But on a more serious note, Cleopatra loved her father very much and tried to make him proud — and I think we all can relate to trying to make our loved-ones proud of us. Is it hard to make today look like a time long ago? – Sara B. Yes, we have to do a lot of research — from costumes to language to architecture. We try to make everything as historically accurate as possible, and it is a challenge to recreate the look and feel of Ancient Egypt in Toronto! What was the most difficult scene to film? – Jeremy B. The scenes down on the dock were the most difficult because we had to be finished filming by 10:00 a.m. The beach was a public beach and it had to be available to swimmers and boaters. We had to get up pretty early to get everything done! How long did the movie take to make? – Hena M. It took one week to film and 4 weeks to edit the show. When we are filming, we work 14 hours a day, but we always have a lot of fun! Camels on public beaches have a way of making long days very fun!! Do you have to wake up too early for your taste? – Lisa Z. The average time that everyone had to be ready for work was between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. That's probably pretty early for a lot of us! How long did it take to do the makeup and clothes? – Kairee C. It took at least three hours in the morning to get make-up, hair and get into costume. How hard was it to get in and out of the clothes? – Jeremy B. It was pretty easy if you were lucky enough to be wearing one of the tunics or togas! But for the actors who wore some of the more elaborate Egyptian dresses, it was pretty difficult. They were very hot and heavy. Luckily, there were wardrobe people to help get them on and off! Was it hard to make the elaborate dresses that are featured in the movie? – Hena M. Yes, because we tried to be authentic. There were 6 people working on the dresses for weeks before we started filming. Was there an animal trainer? – Hena M. There was a trainer for the cats, and the camels and the snake came from the Bowmanville Zoo in Toronto. They each had their own trainer, or handler, too. How did you get all the props? – Melissa D. Some props and set decorations were borrowed from museums and private collections. But we had to make the rest of the props that were actually used by the actors and not just in the background. What advice would you give to girls interested in a career as an actress or behind the scenes work? – Hena M. The same advice we have for doing anything else -- you can do it! Stick to it, give it your best shot, and you can do anything! So much hard work goes into the making of The Royal Diaries, but we always have a lot of fun too!! We got a lot of similar questions, so if your name isn't above, we apologize! Thanks to Kairee, Riley, Lydia, Paige, Rebecca, Hena, Lisa, Anna, Brittany, Ashley, Carolyn, Melissa, Madeline, Erin, Sara, Jeremy, Che'mar, and all of the rest of you for your great questions!