Sasha cohen tried to prank me6/18/2023 The team made it to Milan Fashion Week in late September 2008. Not wanting to hedge their bets on one location, the filmmakers went to New York City, Paris and Milan and secured credentials for multiple seasons of those cities’ respective fashion weeks. When Baron Cohen and his fellow writers imagined setting up Brüno as a reporter at a European fashion week where he would meet his Waterloo, they explored the various events that he could attend in a time frame that would work for filming. Below is only a sampling of their outrageous stories. Traversing Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, D.C., to Kansas, Texas, Alabama and Arkansas in America to London, Berlin, Paris and Milan in Europe and Jordan and Israel in the Middle East, they kept an exhausting schedule. Traveling in five vehicles (three vans, one getaway minivan and one RV that doubled as a production room and changing room), the cast and crew made their way across America, Europe and the Middle East. By staying small, stealthy and relying upon the talents of a confidential pack of people, they were able to capture what’s never been seen before on film. Over the course of 19 non-consecutive weeks during an entire year, the “well-oiled and completely disorganized machine” shot footage. The results captured on film would dictate next steps. Once initial scenarios (e.g., Brüno will be tossed out of a big fashion event, flirt with shocked subjects and interview celebrities on their humanitarian efforts) were agreed upon by Baron Cohen and his fellow writers, research began to find the best venues to visit and people to experience. From Baron Cohen’s getting hauled away by the Milanese police after filming a show-stopping appearance at designer Agatha Ruiz De La Prada’s event to his interrogation and strip search by the officers, there was never a dull moment on the globetrotting set. The crew found themselves receiving calls from the FBI warning of death threats and dodging clenched fists, angry mobs and loaded guns at every step of the way.Įxperience from Borat had taught that the entire cast and crew had to be on board (and working with the utmost confidentiality) to make sure that the guerilla filmmaking worked. Then, it was off to the next locale to push the limits without breaking the law.īelieving it was crucial to top the extreme comedy they’d achieved with Borat, the team moved the needle much further on this production and had more serious police encounters than before. They plotted their course, got on the scene and shot in rapid-fire succession. Each afternoon before a day of production, the group had to determine what they would lens the next day. ![]() While the majority of films have a strict daily schedule in which cast and crew know what is expected of them, the Brüno team didn’t enjoy that luxury. That maxim informed every aspect of the production, and they were able to stick to that plan. If director Larry Charles and producers Sacha Baron Cohen, Dan Mazer, Jay Roach and Monica Levinson discovered nothing else from their time on Borat, they learned to live by one rule: “Know and obey the law, and always have an escape plan.” They were sure that if Baron Cohen got arrested or hurt, the production would have to shut down and they could be delayed for weeks. (Kansas City residents, scroll down to “Finding Lutz” to see what was filmed here.) Here’s the highlights:įollowing the global spotlight cast on Borat, the worldwide filmic journey of Austria’s most famous fashionista (and the host of Funkyzeit Mit Brüno) began with the filmmakers’ simple question of “Can we pull this off again?” Turns out it was possible…if they could keep their star and creative force both out of jail and alive until the end of the shoot. ![]() WARNING: SOME SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE MOVIE. ![]() It’s a look behind the scenes at this risky and fearless style of comedy. (Here is our on-camera review of “Brüno” with clips from the movie.) This press release from Universal is uncharacteristically candid about the making of “Brüno.” Sure, it’s got the normal publicist’s spin, but there’s plenty of interesting information here. What’s fascinating is finding out what amount of the shoot was planned, what was improvised, and what actually put the comedian in harm’s way. Last night on “Late Show with David Letterman,” Sacha Baron Cohen responded to the host about his reality-based humor being difficult to pull off and dangerous to carry out in public by saying, “I won’t do it again.”
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