Sacha Baron Cohen has left Borat at home for a while and done an uncharacteristically frank interview without an appearance from the Kazak journalist.
Cohen, the British comedian behind the now infamous Borat, has opened up on issues such as the lawsuits filed against his Golden Globe nominated film and being in character.
The best actor nominee said, "It was exhausting. I had to be that way all day and all night, because even if the tiniest detail had gone awry, it could've made them suspicious. I mean, even if I went to the bathroom, I had to make sure I went to the bathroom as Borat."
However, when it comes to legal matters, Cohen is not going to give one of Borat's trademark high fives.
The actor is being sued for defamation and damages by many people who appeared in the film, believing it was not going to be shown in America.
On screen many people made racist and sexist comments.
He said, "This wasn't Candid Camera. There were two large cameras in the room. I don't buy the argument that, 'Oh, I wouldn't have acted so racist or anti-Semitic if I'd known this film was being shown in America.' That's no excuse."
Some legal matters have already settled out of court.
January 22, 2007 - 07:08AM - micromike123
Sacha Savage Bastard Cohen is a well-groomed Cambridge (UK) raised Jewish nationalist. We could have assumed that he is stupid - but not with a degree from Cambridge, right? Everything he does is well-calculated, and he knows that no matter what - his brothers in Zion will always support and protect him - right, Sacha? Cohen is nothing but a dirty mouth. Is he talented? Undoubtedly! So is Howard Stern. Mel Gibson suffers from his ani-Semitic comments because he was wrong AND because the Hollywood’s power is concentrated in the hands of its Jewish community. At the same time nationalist Cohen is acknowledged with one of the highest awards (please, note: by the FOREIGN press, not the American one!) - I guess, because Kazakhs are not that influential in Hollywood. Sacha simply says that the whole nation of Kazakhstan are retarded and prostitutes and the Americans are - well, also rather stupid - otherwise nothing personal from the British-born nationalistic Zionist. One can say: "he makes jokes about Jews, too!" But - we are not THAT naive: everybody knows that its considered okay for Jews to make jokes about themselves, right? I wonder, why Sacha decided not to go against Irish or Leabanese? He is not a complete idiot after all. He is a well-educated, smart, dirty-mouth nationalistic bastard. Oh, and by saying ”bastard” - I mean, he is not Baron, of course. I guess we will never see a new character - journalist Cohanovich from a fabulous non-existing country Jewishstan. After all, Cohen is nothing but a businessman: he made good money on shamelessly covering with dirt the whole nation - and now he moves to something new! I salute Sacha’s brutality, lack of taste and business-oriented mind!
