Borat 2: Sacha Baron Cohen lived in character for five days while staying with conspiracy theorists
Actor is known for going to extreme lengths in his satirical projects
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Your support makes all the difference.Sacha Baron Cohen has revealed which of his stunts he found “the hardest” to pull off when filming the Borat sequel.
The actor opened up about some of the difficulties he faced when shooting the forthcoming film in a new interview with the New York Times.
Cohen said: “The hardest thing I had to do was, I lived in character for five days in this lockdown house.”
“I was waking up, having breakfast, lunch, dinner, going to sleep as Borat when I lived in a house with two conspiracy theorists,” he continued. “You can’t have a moment out of character.”
While their identities have not been confirmed, the conspiracy theorists in question appear to feature in the trailer for the highly anticipated sequel.
In it, Cohen – dressed as Borat – is shown staying in a cabin with two American men. The trailer sees the reporter dancing in his underwear in front of the strangers and discussing the coronavirus pandemic.
Borat attempts to “kill the virus” by smashing a frying pan against a wall when one of the men instructs him to instead use an aerosol of some kind.
The 49-year-old also revealed how he managed to sneak into a Mike Pence speech disguised as Donald Trump.
The British comedian secretly filmed the follow up to his hit 2006 mockumentary Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan during the coronavirus pandemic.
Borat 2 will be available to watch on Amazon Prime from 23 October.
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