Sacha Baron Cohen’s iconic character, Borat, recently made a comeback with Borat 2. The movie, which released on Amazon Prime Video, was a huge success.
In an interview with Variety, Baron Cohen explained why he was hesitant while making Borat 2. He said, “After ‘Bruno,’ I was fairly traumatized. For about six months afterwards whenever I heard a police siren, I would start to get tense, because I’d been chased by the police so much. I vowed never to make another undercover movie again.”
However, Baron Cohen decided to bring back Borat before the recent US Presidential Election to influence voters. He said, “I felt democracy was in peril, I felt people’s lives were in peril and I felt compelled to finish the movie. The movie was originally about the danger of Trump and Trumpism. What coronavirus demonstrated was that there’s a lethal effect to his spreading of lies and conspiracy theories.”
Baron Cohen further explained, “I don’t want to egotistically imply that people would watch ‘Borat’ and not vote for Trump, but that was the aim.” The actor and writer decided to not delay the movie for a theatrical release as his goal was to reach as many people as possible before the election.
While talking about Borat 3, Baron Cohen revealed that the movie may not happen. He said, “I brought Borat out because of Trump. There was a purpose to this movie, and I don’t really see the purpose to doing it again. So yeah, he’s locked away in the cupboard.”
