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While Sacha Baron Cohen may not be an actual stunt performer, what he does is nothing short of death-defying. The actor and performance artist is known for interviewing prominent politicians and celebrities while playing satirical characters. He is most famous for the characters Ali G and Borat and has even had movies based on his characters.
The actor revealed that he had once almost caused a riot with some professional wrestlers while interviewing them for a spot as his character Bruno, a gay and flamboyant fashion reporter. Baron Cohen mentioned that his joke escalated so much that his cameraman got punched.
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Sacha Baron Cohen’s Gallery Of Characters
Sacha Baron Cohenfirst gained notoriety for his character Ali G, a British man influenced by hip-hop culture and appeared in short sketches as the character on Channel 4’sThe 11 O’Clock Show. He was named the Comedian of the Year by GQ for the role of Ali G and he then received his own TV show based on the characterDa Ali G Show.
He played three characters in the show, all of them unorthodox journalists, namely Ali G, Bruno, and Borat. The actor would get to interview celebrities and politicians, ask them controversial questions, and receive equally controversial answers. His most notable interviews were with the American politician Pat Buchanan, former astronaut Buzz Aldrin, and Donald Trump.
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When asked about his process and how he manages to extract controversial remarks from famous personalities, Sacha Baron Cohen explained in the talk showConan O’Brien,
“Once I’m in there, even before the cameras are rolling, I try to convince them that I am an idiot. With [Pat] Buchanan for example, I ask him, ‘So, where is we now?’ and he goes, ‘Well, we’re in Washington DC.’ I go, ‘Well, is that anywhere near America?’…so, they realize that they are in the room with an absolute ignoramus.”
He revealed that this causes them to lower their defences and he could then do what he wanted. While this tactic has gotten Sacha Baron Cohen a lot of fame, it has also gotten him in trouble.
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Sacha Baron Cohen Got His Cameraman Punched By A N*ked Wrestler
One of the characters that Sacha Baron Cohen played inDa Ali G Show, was the gay, Austrian fashion reporter Bruno Gehard. Baron Cohen plays Bruno as a flamboyant and stereotypically fabulous gay man, and he was the character to debut in 1998 even before Ali G. The character also received a movie, much like the other characters Ali G and Borat, calledBruno.
One of the most dangerous incidents occurred while he was interviewing spring break vacationers in Daytona Beach, playing Bruno. He mentioned to Conan that he met a gang of professional wrestlers and was having fun with them and doing his bit,
“At one point I asked them, ‘Can I see the “Ascha”,’ and they dropped their trousers and showed me their buttocks. Then I go, ‘Is it possible to see a little bit of the front?’ and they go, ‘No man’…and eventually he pulls down his trousers and underpants. He is there fully n*ked, and he lets out this primeval scream…I tell him, ‘Say hi to everyone at Gay TV’, and he goes, ‘Gay TV?’”
The news reportedly caught the wrestler off guard and he ended up punching the cameraman in his face.
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
