Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno Hits On Australian Prime Minister

SYDNEY — British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's new character has a thing for Australia's wonkish prime minister.

Baron Cohen, once better known as the clueless Kazakh journalist Borat, has a new guise as a gay Austrian fashionista, Bruno.

In Sydney for the Australian premiere of his new movie, Baron Cohen appeared at a news conference Monday in a tight-fitting schoolboy uniform and told reporters of his meeting with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd the night before on a talk show.

"The reason I'm late is I just had breakfast in bed with Kevin Rudd," he said. "That guy is like, uber cute. I thought Obama was, like, the hottest guy in the world until I met Kevin."

Baron Cohen met Rudd the night before on the set of popular talk show "Rove Live."

Rudd joked on the program that he was worried when he found out he would be on the same show as Bruno.

"Basically I was in a state of induced panic," Rudd said.

Baron Cohen, as Bruno, said he was underwhelmed by the fashion sense of Australian men.

"To be honest I'm a little bit disappointed because I know 150 years ago Britain sent all their gay guys over here, so ich expected a little bit more flair," he said.

"Bruno" is the follow-up to the surprise 2006 box-office hit, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," in which Baron Cohen played a clueless journalist on a U.S. tour.

Baron Cohen has already done the premiere circuit for his new movie, "Bruno" in London, Los Angeles, Amsterdam and Berlin. It hits theaters worldwide early next month, opening in Australia on July 8.

Comments

[dreamseeker9837]

This man is ground-breakingly insanely funny! I can't wait until the Ali G movie comes out!

[FinallyFreeOfGeorgeIII]

Ha ha. Comedy gold....a straight guy ACTING FLAMBOYANTLY GAY! Geez, Sacha, you really are breaking some new ground here.

Hmmm. I wonder if he ever saw 'Will and Grace'?

[S1m0n]

Grit your teeth. His 15 minutes will be over soon enough.

[ICorpsDoc]

These movies should be banned as a form of public health. They are both crude and disgusting.

During his last movie I nearly had a heart attack from laughing at that filth. And as close to pizzing my pants as a grown man can come.

No one should have to deal with that.

And now with a new movie I am forced to go again.

I have no doubt that the entire theater will be rocking with out of control laughter for virtually the entire show.

Whats so funny about that?

[sherwoodforest]

X-actly! thanks for nailing the outrage.

[Retrofuturistic]

He acts like an obnoxious and overbearing fraternity boy.

[cravingtruthiness]

At least this one knows where to be - in theaters.

the US's last one was appointed to the white house for 4 years then his little jester KR pulled a coup to get him another 4.

Be thankful

[MissingAmerica]

They call him a comedian, but I have yet to see anything funny. Personally, I think of him as a revolutionary, because I find him positively revolting!

[CryptoSolipsist]

So what DO you find funny? Don't just tear this down, make a better suggestion!

[Furby]

Wow, you wacky funster you.

[NYCforObama]

pathetic.

[deluk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QggLtP2yUkI

Ich wanna go down under mit Bruno!!

[Usama]

Just like how women slap an overly aggressive man, 'Bruno' deserves to be slapped for being an outrageous and aggressive annoyance.

[deluk]

Ooooh!! Sie würde ein dent Homosexuell Mann die Chance, sich aggressiv und lästig, aber ich denke, dass Sie wahrscheinlich thinkm seiner ok in gerader Mann wie Robin Williams. Ich vermute, Sie sind nur eifersüchtig auf Brunos Geldbuße ballensac.

[PKatherine]

love ur basic german!

[Usama]

Why not translate? Unless of course you like to keep your 'special' message for the 'in' crowd and exclude us breeders and noncompliants.

'Schultz!!!!!!!'

Yavol, heir commandant!!!!

Translate, or shut UP, this here is America and we speak American here!!!!!

[TimLB]

I can't wait for this film. So nice to see a return to films for ADULTS at the theater!

[zest]

I'm hoping he looks me up and does me over.

[deluk]

Ich want der Bruno and Kevin video.

[mathme]

Is there a point in seeing this movie? I mean, I see "news" reports about everything he does while making it. I get it, you're gay and over the top. That's really funny.

[Furby]

Nope, there's absolutely no reason for you to see this movie. You'd spoil the atmosphere.

[Hopster1]

Ummm, He won't go away because he's promoting a movie. Plus, he's hilarious.

[OkieIntellectual]

Just goes to show that there's no accounting for taste.

[max08]

Why doesn't he go away?

[protagonia]

Why should he stop doing what makes him both rich and happy?

[TrooAmerican]

Exactly! Republicans wont go away even though they should, but since they make so much money and commit mass immorality to make themselves happy, while pretending to have family values, then i can totally see why they wont go away also.
GOP= Sacha Baron Cohen