Sacha Baron Cohen (pictured as The Dictator) says he nearly died while filming Bruno. Photo / AP
Sacha Baron Cohen (pictured as The Dictator) says he nearly died while filming Bruno. Photo / AP
Sacha Baron Cohen says he nearly died while in character for his outlandish comic creation Bruno.
Cohen, currently starring as military tyrant General Aladeen in his latest film The Dictator, says filming for his 2009 film Bruno took a turn for the worse when he was dressed as a campversion of a Hasidic Jew in Jeruselum.
He told The Mirror he only survived by taking refuge in a nearby shop.
"A bunch of Hasidic Jews ran after me with rocks and I ended up hiding in a bathroom store," he said.
"Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car. But as I ran towards the getaway car it drove away. So I found myself running down the street, running for my life, and being chased by these Hasidic nutcases.
