No More Borat Movies For Cohen
Sacha Baron Cohen has revealed he won't make another character-driven movie. The reclusive Borat star says he's become too well-known to get away with it.
And he admits that pretending to be the offensive Kazakhstani reporter for weeks on end left him exhausted.
In a rare interview out of character, the English-born comedian told US radio that his next project would have to be something completely different.
He said: "I think it will probably be impossible.
"There are a number of things that are in development.
"The [next thing] will probably be a scripted comedy.
"I think the days of me going undercover are probably over."
He added: "There are a number of challenges.
"One is that I have to stay in character usually for about eight hours at a time, because if someone gets suspicious and says, 'Wait a minute, he's standing there in the corner like a guy from England', then everything's over.
"There's a lot of physical preparation - I never washed the suit, when I come into the room there's immediately this terrible smell. Borat doesn't wear deodorant so there is this kind of dreadful Soviet-bloc smell the moment I walk in."
But movie insiders said last night his comments could put a multi-million dollar deal with one of Hollywood's biggest studios at jeopardy.
The actor, 35, reportedly signed a US$42.5m film deal starring his comic creation Bruno.
According to Hollywood Reporter, a deal has been made with Universal Pictures to star as the gay Austrian fashion obsessive. It is thought the movie would be similar to Borat, with Cohen going undercover to infiltrate the world of haute couture.
A Hollywood insider said: "They were banking on him coming up with another Borat. There's no guarantee people will flock to see something that is scripted. Whatever he does next could make or break his career in Hollywood."
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