Sacha Baron Cohen
- 53 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, producer, executive producer and comedian
Press clippings Page 17
Why Sacha Baron Cohen quit the Freddie Mercury biopic
"[Following] my first meeting, I should never have carried on because a member of the band --I won't say who-- said 'this is such a great movie, because such an amazing thing happens in the middle of the movie'", Cohen said. "I go 'what happens in the middle of the movie?' He goes 'Freddie dies'. I go 'so you mean it's a bit like Pulp Fiction, where the end is the middle and the middle is the end? That's interesting'. He goes, 'no, no, no.' So I said 'wait a minute. What happens in the second half of the movie?' And he said, 'well, we see how the band carries on from strength to strength'. And I said 'listen, not one person is going to see a movie where the lead character dies from AIDS and then you carry on to see [what happens with Queen]'".
Simon Brew, Den Of Geek, 9th March 2016John Prescott takes swipe at Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Baron Cohen is another "spoilt public schoolboy from the south kicking the north" John Prescott has said following the release of the comedian's new film, Grimsby.
Frances Perraudin, The Guardian, 6th March 2016Grimsby: 'the scum' vs Malthusians
Sacha Baron Cohen's new movie has a surprisingly radical twist.
Ella Whelan, Spiked, 4th March 2016Ali G appearance was total surprise to Oscar organisers
Sacha Baron Cohen had been specifically asked by Oscar ceremony organisers to present on the night as himself.
Clarisse Loughrey, The Independent, 1st March 2016Sacha Baron Cohen brings back Ali G at the Oscars
Ali G was as ignorant as ever when he said there should be an Oscar for the 'very hard-working little yellow people.'
Mike Larkin, Daily Mail, 29th February 2016Grimsby will make you laugh - and hate yourself for it
Not everything works - the jokes about Aids and children in wheelchairs are hardly fitting as mass crowd-pleasers but Cohen's horrible gift is in getting you laughing along despite yourself and thus losing the right claim moral high ground.
Matt Adcock, Northamptonshire Telegraph, 29th February 2016Tony Blair refused to ban Borat, says Sacha Baron Cohen
The comedian says the Kaskakhstani PM wanted to stop the 2006 film being released - and the row turned into an international incident, hitting trade.
James Desborough, The Mirror, 27th February 2016Review: Grimsby
Sometimes a scene leaves your critical faculties floundering, and so it was in Grimsby as Sacha Baron Cohen and Mark Strong retreated into an elephant's vagina to escape machine-gunning assassins.
Kate Muir, The Times, 26th February 2016Grimsby movie review
A grim encounter with a former comedy prince.
Chris Wasser, The Independent (Ireland), 26th February 2016Baron Cohen has gone step too far with Grimsby
Cohen's previous work, however brash, had something of a satirical edge, making a point about people's preconceived notions and fears about how others should live their lives. But sadly that witty backbone has been lost in Cohen's foray into silly, vulgar blockbuster territory which takes fat-shaming, xenophobia and class ridicule to new levels. Lewdness is a valid form of comedy but, however bold in may be in its attempt to shock you into laughing, this is a bad taste that's hard to wash out.
Ross Miller, The National (Scotland), 26th February 2016