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Sacha Baron Cohen has revealed he may never get his alter ego Borat back after being forced into hiding to escape a pro-gun mob.
The comedy star, 53, reprized his role as Borat Sagdiyev for the 2020 satire comedy Borat Later Moviefilm.
However, he provoked the fury of gun activists when he appeared at a rally and mocked them on camera.
Recalling the terrifying moment he had to hide from the group, Sacha told the SmartLess podcast: ‘The last one got so extreme. After that armed demonstration, I was basically on the run.
“I had a kind of militia following me. I was going from safe house to safe house for about four days. It got so crazy that you realize there’s a certain amount of skill and preparation, but you’re also going to get lucky. And at some point, your luck runs out.
Sacha Baron Cohen has revealed he may never get his alter ego Borat back after being forced into hiding to escape a pro-gun mob.
The comedy star, 53, reprized his role as Borat Sagdiyev for the 2020 satire comedy Borat Later Moviefilm.
The actor survived the ordeal but hinted that he won’t revive Borat again, explaining that he only created his 2020 film after feeling compelled to comment on that year’s US presidential election.
He continued: “I think the element of danger meant I just didn’t want to do it again.” I felt like I had to do it for that election. I had to do it. “I was terrified of what was going to happen.”
Borat, is a 2006 mockumentary, black comedy film directed by Larry Charles and starring Sacha.
Sacha plays the lead role of Borat, a fictional Kazakh journalist who travels across the United States to make a documentary featuring real-life interactions with Americans.
Borat was released in November 2006, in both the United Kingdom and the United States, by 20th Century Fox.
The film received critical acclaim and grossed $262 million worldwide, and Sacha won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
Sacha and his ex-wife Isla Fisher, who share two daughters and a son, filed a joint application to end their marriage in 2023.
Isla Fisher and Sacha, who jointly filed to end their marriage in 2023, share two daughters and a son
Isla and Sacha’s ‘bizarre’ tennis-themed split statement is being mocked mercilessly online
The couple met in 2001 and married in 2010.
The end of his marriage came just a few years after moving his family to Australia in 2020.
They moved from Los Angeles to Sydney in 2020, then to Perth, where Isla’s family lives, in September 2021, to escape Sydney’s strict Covid lockdown rules.
At the time, they said the move to Western Australia would be permanent.
However, his move from the United States to Australia was said to be “difficult” for Baron Cohen because he was based in Hollywood and from there there was also a shorter flight to London.
The exes announced in April that they had quietly split last year.
