Sacha Baron Cohen Says He's Done Playing Borat in Future Films: 'It Got Too Dangerous'

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Speaking to Entertainment Tonight alongside his Chicago 7 costars Eddie Redmayne and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, the 49-year-old actor and comedian said that he will not be continuing on with his character for another film in the Borat franchise.

"It got two dangerous," Baron Cohen said of filming the first two movies. "There were a couple of times I had to put on a bulletproof vest to go and shoot a scene, and you don't want to do that too many times in your life. I was pretty lucky to get out this time, so no, I'm not doing it again. I'm going to stay with the scripted stuff."

Baron Cohen starred in 2006's Borat as the fictional Kazakhstani journalist who travels throughout the U.S. to make a documentary. The film features real-life interactions with Americans. He reprised the character for the 2020 sequel, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, which also features Maria Bakalova as his daughter Tutar.

Elaborating on his decision to end the films, Baron Cohen admitted that he gets little to no sleep ahead of shooting scenes that put his life in harm's way, like when he attended a far-right rally in the sequel.

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[Jirel]

1. Also not funny.

Playing an O’Keefe trick on Rudy? Ok, that was hilarious. But the rest of his material is sophomoric at best. I hope he steps it up.

[ZZenith]

2. I have to disagree.

On the surface, yes, it’s adolescent humor but underneath is a layer of serious commentary on people’s distorted world views.

[Jirel]

6. The "layers" don't matter when his "comedy" is an instant Nope.

I know he has juicy bits in there, in theory. However, he relies on the American favorite comedy genre, embarrassment. This type of “comedy” is such an instant turn-off that people like me will never, ever watch longer than a few seconds before turning him off.

[Archae]

3. Mybe if he actually tried being funny...

He'd become famous, and not just infamous.

[RandiFan1290]

4. He is hilarious

and love how much he triggers the trumpers

[dhill926]

5. don't blame him...it's a different world now than it was...

in 2006. Dude does have cajones the size of grapefruits...