Sep 6 2007Cohen to do Bruno, Dinner, Maybe Dessert?
Now that he's an internationally recognized star, Sacha Baron Cohen, best known for his incognito roles as Ali G and Borat, has announced plans to make a Bruno film. Where Borat critically examined the English-speaking world through the eyes of a mildly-offensive racial stereotype, Bruno does the same thing as a mildly-offensive racial and homosexual stereotype. Others stars of the film will be the 43 people who didn't see Borat and won't immediately start doing impressions at the sight of the lightly-disguised actor.
Cohen will follow the picture with Dinner for Schmucks, a remake of the French comic hit Le Diner de Cons, which should elicit many a "wah-wah-wee-wah" and/or "is nice."
'Bruno' next for Sacha Baron Cohen [Variety]
Reader Comments
1. stepherz - September 6, 2007 12:31 PM
first:) love sacha baron cohen hopefully this will be good.
2. shady - September 6, 2007 12:59 PM
ive loved SBC since da ali g show hes hilarious
3. Stuey - September 6, 2007 1:41 PM
lol as if Borat wasnt gay enough. Only movie where I was surpised at how hard I laughed.
the whole hotel fight scene, I was laughing and gagging in unison
4. meg - September 7, 2007 8:12 AM
haha holy shit, i've been waiting for the bruno movie to come out for ever now.
he was always my favorite character on da ali g show.
5. Kealeen - September 7, 2007 3:20 PM
I'm kind of confused as to why this is still news. They've been shooting for Bruno the past few months.
6. Mark - September 8, 2007 9:26 PM
Is it just me or has Japans HARD GAY beaten Cohen to the punch with having an gay character making people feel awkward?
If you don't know HARD GAY, just search for it on youtube, I imagine Cohen's Bruno will be quite similar, sort of.
7. Meredith - September 16, 2007 12:20 PM
Why would he do a remake of Le Diner de Cons?! People who don't speak/read french can easily read the subtitles. Beside Cohen will just take it WAY too over the top and it will easily become cheap fodder. Just ridiculous. Thierry Lhermitte (the main actor in the original) is not a comedic actor and thus knows just when to stop. Cohen will ruin this movie.