In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, the 55-year-old actor confirmed that his new movie, “Ali G: Who Iz I?,” will be his last in the risky, character-driven comedic style that made him famous.<\/p>\n “I want to do stuff that challenges me,” he told the outlet. “So again, I\u2019m not doing ‘Borat 3,’ which also would be incredibly challenging. Again, this movie I just did is the most challenging movie I\u2019ve ever done, but I\u2019m not doing more.”<\/p>\n The actor has said he was done with this style of comedy in the past, but decided to make this movie because he is “terrified of where our society is headed” and thinks of his comedy as a way to comment on it.<\/p>\n Cohen says he is not going to make any more comedies like “Borat.” (Taylor Hill\/FilmMagic)<\/p>\n SACHA BARON COHEN\u2019S RIPPED NEW LOOK FOR MARVEL ROLE HAS FANS DOING A TAKE<\/a><\/p>\n He explained that through his films, he can “show the extremism on both sides of the political spectrum and the danger of virtuous violence.” He added that at the end of the day, he also “wanted to make the funniest film that\u2019s ever been made.”<\/p>\n “These really are the hardest movies to make<\/a>, but I suppose I made it because I\u2019m scared of this world of conspiracies and lies that are spread by social media and now by AI,” he said. “If we don\u2019t have these shared facts, then democracies crumble, and we can\u2019t have a tolerant society. And to make people laugh is therapy.”<\/p>\n Cohen’s early breakthrough came in 2000, with “Da Ali G Show,” and he later gained international recognition with the release of “Borat” in 2006.<\/p>\n He followed that up with “Bruno,” “The Dictator,” “Who is America” and “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” as well as some dramatic roles in “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “Les Mis\u00e9rables” and “Disclaimer.”<\/p>\n GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE<\/a><\/p>\n Cohen made a name for himself playing characters such as Borat and Bruno. (Steve Granitz\/WireImage)<\/p>\n Throughout the interview, Cohen explained that these comedies “are dangerous to make” and are “incredibly demanding” on the body, but that he and his crew “try to limit the risks and keep everybody safe.”<\/p>\n He described the final scene of his latest project as “an eight-hour continuous scene that takes place over 12 locations” with a lot of different elements, filmed as “a continual shot.”<\/p>\n “There\u2019s gunfire in it. There\u2019s a medical procedure. There are drones, there are explosions, and it\u2019s taking place in the desert,” he said. “On the way to shooting it, I bumped into one of the great stuntmen<\/a> and he said, ‘You will go to hospital if you make this movie,’ because I explained I\u2019m wearing a prosthetic head in a fat suit. He said, ‘You\u2019ll be so dehydrated you\u2019ll be in hospital for two weeks.'”<\/p>\n The “Balls Up” star explained that he hired “an endurance specialist who does the Tour de France” to be next to him throughout filming and that, despite the precautions, “a number of people went to the hospital for dehydration.”<\/p>\n LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n Cohen said a number of people went to the hospital for dehydration while filming “”Ali G: Who Iz I?” (Axelle\/Bauer-Griffin\/FilmMagic)<\/p>\n Despite how it may seem, Cohen assured fans he “will never do a scene if I think I\u2019m actually going to die.”<\/p>\n “I was about to do a scene [in ‘Borat 1’] and we had a cop who had his gun on his thigh and I said, ‘Why is your gun on your thigh?’ He goes, ‘Well, I need to be really fast to draw in this area.’ I said, ‘Well, how close are you to me?’ And he said, ‘I\u2019ll be with you within three minutes.’ I realized that was not a good thing to do, so I pulled that scene.”<\/p>\n PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE<\/a><\/p>\n Cohen was nominated for Academy Awards for writing the two Borat movies. (Rick Rycroft-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n On the other hand, however, Cohen agreed to film a scene at a gun rights rally for the second “Borat” film, knowing there was a chance he could be shot, but said, “I felt it was an important film to be made.”<\/p>\n![\"Sacha](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sacha-baron-cohen-suit.jpg\")
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