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There probably won't be a
Borat 3
.
This - sad - news comes directly to us from the creator of the crazy Kazakh "journalist", Sacha Baron Cohen.
The comic reveals in an interview for
Variety
why he decided to go back to the "front" with Borat, but above all, why his character is going to retire.
“I took Borat out because of Trump.
There was a purpose in this movie, I have no more reason to do it again, so it's back in the closet, ”he explained, confident that he was absolutely keen to get
Borat 2 out.
before the last US presidential elections.
"I don't want to be egotistical and say that people wouldn't vote Trump after watching the movie, but that was the point," the British star admitted.
Traumatized
In the interview, Sacha Baron Cohen also reveals that he had never intended to make a second part on Borat, tired by the impact that his “disguised” films had on his life, in particular after his
Brüno
mockumentary
, released in 2009, three years after the first
Borat
.
“After
Brüno
, I was traumatized.
For six months, as soon as I heard a police siren, I was tense, because I had been chased very often.
I swore to myself that I would never make a movie in disguise again.
But I felt that democracy was in danger.
I felt that people's lives were in danger and that encouraged me to make this new film.
It was a film about the dangers of Trump and originally Trumpism.
And what the coronavirus has demonstrated is that its lies and conspiracy theories can be deadly, ”he added.
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