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Sacha Baron Cohen: Interviews
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Synopsis: Britain's satirist-of-all-trades Ali G (aka Sacha Baron Cohen) makes his feature-film debut with this gross-out comedy set against the backdrop of the House of Parliament. Where his British and U.S. TV shows had him conducting absurd interviews with real-life politicians and lawmakers, Ali GRead More
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Ali G's interviews with famous people (often politicians) gained notoriety partly because the subjects were not privy to the joke that Ali G, rather than being a real interviewer, was a comedic character played by Baron Cohen. According to Rolling Stone magazine, Baron Cohen would always enter the interview area in character as Ali G, carrying equipment and appearing to be an insignificant crew-member. He would be with a suited man, who the interviewee naturally thought was the interviewer. Baron Cohen, as Ali G, would sit down to begin conducting the interview by asking the interviewee some preliminary questions. The interviewee... would remain under the impression that the smartly-dressed director would be conducting the interview until short notice prior to cameras rolling: this would grant an advantage of surprise, whereby the interviewee would be less likely to opt out of the Ali interview prior to its commencement.
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"He always just had chutzpah -- no fear in whatever scenario," says Mazer, who went on to write and produce with Baron Cohen. "He's more unwilling to take no for an answer than anyone I've ever met. In New York, he'd never consider the option of not getting into a club in the same way he'll never consider the option of not getting an interview with the FBI as Ali G. His great skill is his unbelievable tenacity. And he's frustratingly always right."
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