Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno Set-Crashing Secret: Being Ben Silverman's Cousin (VIDEO)

Is one of Sacha Baron Cohen's tricks to getting access for his character Bruno feigning blood relationships to top executives?

Last November Cohen, in character as flamboyant fashion journalist Bruno, disrupted NBC's "Medium," where he had landed a role as an extra.

Around the same time he was also crashing fashion shows and Prop 8 rallies.

Monday on "The View" "Medium" star Patricia Arquette relived the Bruno-crashing day and then explained how Cohen, at least temporarily, got away with repeatedly ruining a courtroom scene.

"One of the heads of the network is Ben Silverman," Arquette explained. "And they said it was Ben Silverman's cousin, so everyone was scared of him. Like, what do we do? But it was Sacha Baron Cohen."


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[Kratos]

01:41 AM on 02/19/2009

yeah Borat! keep up the good work!

[w&cheneysuck]

08:30 PM on 02/18/2009

HAWT!

[endecott]

12:29 PM on 02/18/2009

Looking forward to the Bruno movie. Borat was Hilarious. Ali G hysterical and groundbreaking. SBC, is very funny and has something important to say.

[kurtlockwood]

11:15 AM on 02/18/2009

SBC is a genius. He is this generation's Lenny Bruce, Andy Kaufman, and Bill Hicks all rolled into one. His performance art comedy isn't just scathing it's hilarious, simultaneously high and low brow. He may not be what the masses, including the elitists here, want, but he's what we deserve. Soldier on, Sacha, you're fighting the good fight. P.S. Can I borrow your wife?

[mgh234]

09:06 PM on 02/17/2009

i love sacha baren cohan, you guys need to stop being stuck up elitists.

[AlphaMutt]

09:46 AM on 02/17/2009

This guy is funny like an anal fissure. It's "sandbag" comedy, grade school stuff.

Wow-wee, how creative...

[DanHasSpoken]

11:29 AM on 02/17/2009

Ha ha! Anal fissure! Hilarious! You said "anal fissure" like you know what you're talking about!

[kolorkin]

03:00 AM on 02/17/2009

what's up with Bruno's hair? i love the old Bruno look it was sharp and cute. Now....gosh, all washed-up. Not sure i'm looking forward to this Bruno film as before.

[CDMelty]

08:28 AM on 02/17/2009

Because of his hair? You're not looking forward to the movie as much because his hair is different? What, were you going to wait for the DVD release and then watch it on mute?

[mag68]

02:56 AM on 02/17/2009

That guy is talented!

[stagebandman]

02:32 AM on 02/17/2009

"Hey, I have an idea, I'll wrangle my way onto a soundstage and mess up shot after shot! What the heck, people will think it's funny, and won't mind the money I'm wasting because everyone will laugh. Ha-Ha"

[auramac]

02:14 AM on 02/17/2009

ER, Medium, and Monk are my favorite shows.

She's looking pretty good there- love her and the whole cast.

[aliceautumn]

11:17 PM on 02/16/2009

I liked it better when Ben Stiller did it as Zoolander. Same schtick.

[sackadjust]

10:10 PM on 02/16/2009

Like a virgin prune.

[GQTaste]

08:31 PM on 02/16/2009

The guy makes fun of everybody but his own heritage, but what do you expect when in hollywood?

[Davivid]

01:54 PM on 02/17/2009

Are you freaking kidding? Did you not see the Borat film? The kind, elderly Jewish couple who transformed into cockroaches wasn't making fun of his own heritage? Baron-Cohen is a fearless comedian who makes fun of everyone. That's part of why he's funny.

[RJC]

06:47 PM on 02/16/2009

Cohen is hilarious and brilliant! The social or societal critiques he delivers are quite sophisticated, and well deserved.

[richchaplin]

10:05 PM on 02/16/2009

sophisticated? u r kidding, right?

[sisterdebmac]

05:09 PM on 02/16/2009

I hope that makes it into the movie.