Tag: Borat
Ken Davitian Joins Cast of ‘Starting Under’
Ken Davitian, who shot to prominence in the hit 2006 movie “Borat” as Borat’s producer and nude-wrestling partner Azmat Bagatov, has been cast in Fox’s comedy “Starting Under.”"Under” stars Bernie Mac as a guy who moves in with his son and starts working for him at a marketing firm. The project is from veteran comedy writer Bruce Helford.
Davitian will play Ken, who, in the breakdown for the role, is described as “stout” and “gregarious.”
Sacha Baron Cohen filming ‘Bruno’
Sacha Baron Cohen, best known for his roles as Ali G and Borat, probably filming some footage for Bruno movie.
Where Borat critically examined the English-speaking world through the eyes of a mildly-offensive racial stereotype, Bruno does the same thing as a mildly-offensive racial and homosexual stereotype. Others stars of the film will be the 43 people who didn’t see Borat and won’t immediately start doing impressions at the sight of the lightly-disguised actor.
Sacha Baron Cohen Kills Borat
Well it looks like Borat 2 is never going to happen. In fact, Sacha Baron Cohen says he’s done with the character forever.
Cohen spoke the Daily Telegraph newspaper on the subject of wearing Borat’s mustache, and revealed that he’s calling it quits. Apparently his reasons have nothing to do with wanting to distance himself from his Borat persona, he just thinks too many people are in on the joke now. He says, “It is hard, and the problem with success, although it’s fantastic, is that every new person who sees the Borat movie is one less person I ‘get’ with Borat again, so it’s a kind of self-defeating form, really.”
The same seems to be true of his Ali G character, which he also plans to shed. Instead, Cohen is still at work on a new movie called Bruno, based on the gay fashionista character that got third billing on the HBO series were Ali G and Borat first got their starts.
I loved Borat, and while the prospect of a sequel has been tantalizing, Cohen is probably right. The fun of Borat is in foisting him on unsuspecting saps. The character is now too well known, making Borat’s job nearly impossible. It’s time to move on. Speaking of moving on, Sacha is currently in Sweeney Todd as a rival barber… and he nearly steals the movie right out from under Johnny Depp. He doesn’t need Borat.
