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Sacha Baron Cohen Was 'Scared' of What Would Happen During the Rudy Giuliani Scene in 'Borat'

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Amazon Studios“I really wonder whether you came running in because you thought, ‘If I let this go any longer, something really horrible is going to happen,” Affleck said.I mean, I was hoping for the movie they would,” “But also as a producer and a director, I have an actress there who I need to look after — and protect as well — because we’re putting her in a situation with a powerful man who may or may not have been in this situation beforehand.”“It was shocking!” Affleck interjected. “And it appeared as ‘we better go in now, before this turns into something that is so horrible that we can’t even put it in the movie — it becomes evidence in a court case,’ or something.”“Yeah,” Baron Cohen answered. “We were scared that it would veer into an even more ugly situation.”Despite Giuliani’s degradation, he called on his private security to deal with Baron Cohen and I go, ‘You leave the room right now!’ So we had an escape route, but Rudy called the cops. He was aware it was not going to look good.”Affleck marveled at Baron Cohen’s brazenness: “You have this extraordinary capacity to get these powerful people to expose themselves.”Watch the full conversation below.JavaScript is required to load the comments.Loading comments...A Variety and iHeartRadio PodcastadTo help keep your account secure, please log-in again.You are no longer onsite at your organization. Please log in.For assistance, contact your corporate administrator.

Amazon Studios“I really wonder whether you came running in because you thought, ‘If I let this go any longer, something really horrible is going to happen,” Affleck said.I mean, I was hoping for the movie they would,” “But also as a producer and a director, I have an actress there who I need to look after — and protect as well — because we’re putting her in a situation with a powerful man who may or may not have been in this situation beforehand.”“It was shocking!” Affleck interjected. “And it appeared as ‘we better go in now, before this turns into something that is so horrible that we...

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Sacha Baron Cohen Was 'Scared' of What Would Happen During the Rudy Giuliani Scene in 'Borat'

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