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From Hollywood nobody overnight to a sensational blonde. Borate makes it possible. To continue his success (title: “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”) as the hillbilly reporter Borat, who is bound for the US From Kazakhstan, Sacha Baron Cohen (49) was looking for a young actress for the lead role, who was also looking for him. his 15-year-old daughter did. how a political journalist could embody.
He found her in Bulgaria after seven months of searching. Maria Bakalova (24) just graduated from the National Academy of Theater and Film last year. Now she is known worldwide as the seductress of Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani (76).
During a fake interview, Giuliani lets the naive blonde lure her into the bedroom of a hotel suite. A statue of the former mayor of New York shows him laying down on the bed and putting on his pants. Of course, this creates a large vortex. With a VIEW, Cohen talks about the scandal he sparked.
VISTA: Mr. Cohen, Rudy Giuliani insists that he did not behave inappropriately with the young woman.
Sacha Baron Cohen: It’s a fascinating window into what the Trump regime sees as the appropriate treatment of women. But everyone who watches the movie can get an idea for themselves.
Was it all really a pre-planned seduction trap that Giuliani fell into?
I don’t want to reveal the joke. But the only person responsible for Rudy Giuliani’s behavior is Rudy Giuliani. As a producer, I would never let any of my actresses put themselves in danger. I will always step in!
Did you hear from Giuliani after that?
Apparently he was quite worried. Because he put us to the police! I don’t know what he said. But the police raided our hotel room. Without a valid search warrant.
You find yourself in very delicate situations in the film. Have you never been afraid?
Of course I am scared, like everyone else. I wrote many scenes and loved them. Until the day I had to shoot it. He was so scared that he wanted to run away. I had to outdo myself every time.
Was there a particularly dangerous moment?
Yes, from the first day of shooting. We were at a gun rights rally in Washington state. She was wearing a shirt that … uh … the mighty gun lobby, the NRA, didn’t really support her. I wore a bulletproof vest underneath for the first time in my career. There were so many guys walking around with semiautomatic rifles that a shot could have been accidentally fired. In any case, I took more risks with this movie than ever. But he had to!
Why?
We live in a time when the United States stands on a cliff and threatens to sink into autocracy. Depending on what happens in the elections. I just wanted to show that the president has made the dark side of American society socially acceptable.
And do you discover that as a fictional character from Borat?
He is the ideal man for that. A fake news reporter who is a slightly more extreme version of Trump. They are both misogynistic, both are racists, both support anti-Semites, both don’t care about democracy, both have the old worldview, and both are just ridiculous characters. I realized that this is why Trump supporters are willing to give me an idea of how far they would really go.
You even lived with two of them for a few days. That must have been the horror!
No, on the contrary! I wanted to show in my film that these two conspiracy theorists are actually good-hearted people. Like many of Trump’s supporters. They have been fed lies spread on social media. And they believed it. But humanity is still there with them, and that gives me hope.
So you don’t see black for the future?
I can only say that after the US elections, and it’s razor’s edge! It’s hard to be optimistic right now. In Trump’s America, the facts have gotten boring. And the creepy lies spread through social media until they are believed. It is the largest propaganda machine in history.
What do you think makes Trump so dangerous?
I am just a comedian, an actor and not a political expert. But in my opinion, Trump did one thing very well: He became president through fake news. And then he turned the tables and denigrated all reports that did not suit him as fake news. As usual in autocracies. He has chosen the media as enemies and incites his followers so much that they are even willing to use violence against journalists.
It’s amazing that people are still falling in love with Borat. How do you do it?
Being authentic. I fully become my role. I can answer all the questions about my country, my family and my friends. From my briefs to the accessories I have in my pocket, everything is original Borat. Including my stench. Believe me, no one will be around me for long.
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Sacha Baron Cohen lives in Los Angeles with his wife Isla Fisher and their three children.
Sacha Baron Cohen (49) grew up in a middle-class Jewish family in London. As a teenager he lived in Israel for a year and then studied history at the University of Cambridge (England) and was a member of the theater company. He made his comic beginnings in 1995 in London comedy clubs and television shows, five years later entertaining the entire nation as “Ali G”. As a stupid aspiring rapper, he interviewed the current President of the United States, Donald Trump (74) on his show. In 2006 he followed his first Borat film, in 2009 “Brüno”, his film as an Austrian fashion journalist, and in 2012 “Der Dictator” was released. Cohen has been married to Australian model Isla Fisher (44) since 2010, and they have two daughters and a son together.
