Sacha Baron Cohen had a rare interview with John Hiscock and announced his wish to put an end to his role as Borat, the outrageously anti-Semitic, homophobic reporter from Kazakhstan and as comedian wannabe-gangsta-rapper Ali G.
“When I was being Ali G and Borat I was in character sometimes 14 hours a day and I came to love them, so admitting I am never going to play them again is quite a sad thing,” the 36-year-old actor-comedian says in the British newspaper’s Friday edition. “It is like saying goodbye to a loved one. It is hard, and the problem with success, although it’s fantastic, is that every new person who sees the Borat movie is one less person I `get’ with Borat again, so it’s a kind of self-defeating form, really.”
“It’s upsetting, but the success has been great and better than anything I could have dreamed of.”
“It’s much easier for me to be in character and it’s a lot more fun,” he said. “If I’d done the entire promotional campaign for Borat as myself it wouldn’t have developed in the same way. I think it can get a little be tiresome if you’re having to be the real person and talking about how important and interesting the role was. To me, it should be entertaining and the entertainment should carry on.”
Sacha is finishing work on his next project, which features Bruno, the gay, Austrian fashion reporter who also made his first appearance with Ali G but Baron Cohen is not willing to discuss about it.
“It would probably hurt the film if I started talking about it, so I prefer to comment once I’ve got a finished film,” he said.
He also did not wish to talk about his personal life with his girlfriend, the Australian actress Isla Fisher, who recently gave birth to their daughter, Olive.
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Borat was overrated. It wasn't as funny as everyone was saying.