Malaysians have a beef with Bruno…. Sacha Baron Cohen’s summer box office hit, Bruno, has been banned in Malaysia because the comedy mockumentary highlights gay life and has gay sex scenes, an government official said Tuesday.
Bruno centers around the adventures of a flamboyant gay fashion journalist from Austria.
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The man behind the comic alter egos Borat and Bruno is heading to Springfield.
Sacha Baron Cohen will lend his voice to a character on an upcoming episode of The Simpsons, series executive producer Al Jean told Entertainment Weekly on Friday.
Sacha Baron Cohen will spoof a European pop star in his next movie.
The British comic will portray a singer who enters the Eurovision Song Contest – an annual singing competition previously won by ’70s Swedish pop-rock act ABBA. The still-untitled movie is expected to be another fake documentary, in the style of Cohen’s previous hit Bruno and Borat.
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Sacha Baron Cohen is reportedly in fear for his life after receiving death threats from a suspected terrorist group.
The funnyman has sparked controversy worldwide with the release of his movie Bruno, based on an outrageous Austrian fashionista.
According to Britain’s Star, lawyers for Cohen have confirmed that the star is being targeted by a group “that has claimed responsibility for recent terrorist attacks” thanks to his recent antics on the big screen.
In the film, Bruno is kidnapped by the armed Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade and is seen ridiculing the Islamic group’s leader Ayman Abu Aita.
In a statement, the Martyrs’ Brigade says, “This was a dirty use of our brother Ayman and we don’t accept that the name of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade is part of the movie. We reserve the right to respond in the way that we feel suitable.”
Sacha Baron Cohen is retiring his gay alter ego, Bruno.
The British prankster, 37, has decided it is time to send Bruno to bed after figuring out he that can no longer get away with his outrageous set-ups because too many people recognize the Austrian fashionista.
Cohen will officially bid farewell to the controversial character once he has finished promoting the movie.
He says, “It’s wonderful that the films are successful, but every new person who sees the movie is one less person I can be Borat or Bruno with again, so finishing a movie means having to say goodbye. Admitting that you’re never going to play the character again is like saying goodbye to a loved one. And that’s hard.”