Sacha Baron Cohen is used to dressing up for his roles. For "Borat 2" he had to endure very tough situations in costume.
The sequel to the cult comedy "Borat" will soon appear on Amazon Prime Video. In an interview with the "New York Times", leading actor Sacha Baron Cohen (49) explains what was the most difficult thing about the secret filming for him.
The hardest thing was to live as his role "for five days in this lockdown house". "I woke up, had breakfast, lunch and dinner, and went to sleep as Borat when I lived in a house with these two conspiracy theorists." He couldn't spend a single moment in which he wasn't in the role.
Between security staff and an angry mob
And that means something, as Cohen had previously stated that he had to fear for his life while shooting. In an article for the US news magazine "Time" he recently recalled an appearance at a rally by gun rights activists in the USA. Cohen had disguised himself as a singer with right thought and had stood there on stage. The organizers stormed the podium and he rushed to a getaway vehicle, where an angry mob blocked the car's way. There were also people with semi-automatic firearms in the crowd. "I was lucky to get out of there in one piece," writes Cohen.
In the new interview, the actor also tells how he disguised himself as Donald Trump (74) at an event by US Vice President Mike Pence (61). In order to circumvent security measures, he hid in full make-up and costume in a toilet, where he listened to "conservative men for five hours" as they relieve themselves. When he finally entered the event room, he and his team were surrounded by intelligence agents, security guards and police officers.
"Borat 2", with the full title "Borat Subsequent Movie: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan", can be seen from October 23 on the streaming service Amazon Prime Video.