Sacha Baron Cohen NPR Interview
Fresh Air from WHYY, January 4, 2007 ยท English comedian and actor Sacha Baron Cohen is best-known for his characters. They include a journalist from England named Ali G, and Bruno, a flamboyantly gay Austrian fashion reporter. His most famous character is Borat, a Kazakhstan reporter who stars in the controversial film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
All three characters were part of his Da Ali G Show.
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At last! Sacha Baron Cohen not in character! Awesome - check it out.
Labels: borat, fresh air, interview, npr, sacha baron cohen, terry gross
posted by Jeff Pidgeon at
11:00 AM
2 Comments:
Jeff, thanks for the link. Very interesting interview and worth the 40 minute investment. Sasha tells a couple of great stories about his various run-ins with the police and it's interesting to hear how he approaches his comedy.
It's also a shame -- although understandable -- that he thinks Borat may no longer be a viable character since the film was so successful. His cover has been blown -- but boy I'm thankful for those riotous 90-minutes of sharp, biting satire, slapstick and silliness.
Yeah, I really liked the movie, too!
It may be true that the party's over, now that Borat is such a high-profile success.
Still...maybe he could create a new character. If he can fool people with Ali G and Borat after that, maybe...
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