Baron Cohen rolls into London for 'Dictator'

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Baron Cohen rolls into London for 'Dictator'

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The Dictator, featuring British comic Sacha Baron Cohen, rolls into London for the world premiere.

11 May,2012 07:23 am

Sacha Baron Cohen rolled into London for the world premiere of The Dictator in style Thursday, standing in a bright orange Lamborghini flashing a replica golden pistol and dressed in a garish military uniform.His new character follows in the footsteps of Ali G, Borat and Bruno, and sees the 40-year-old comedian play Admiral General Aladeen a freedom hating military dictator of the fictitious North African republic of Wadia.Baron Cohen, who is known to court controversy, attended the event at the Royal Festival Hall in character and didnt disappoint his fans. Speaking at the premiere, he joked that he was the real father of Prince Harry.The film also stars Megan Fox, Ben Kingsley, John C. Reilly and Anna Faris.Faris spoke about what it was like working with Baron Cohen who she says stays in character for most of the time. She said we do improv like 90 percent of the time and so as an actor you are forced to be on your toes.The films director Larry Charles, who has worked with Baron Cohen on Bruno and Borat has got to see what the real Sacha Baron Cohen is really like.Charles said, Hes actually a very sweet, real, gentle down to earth person in real life and wants the world to be a better place, believe it or not, and thats part of the reason that we do these movies to show the hypocrisy, show the things that people should be questioning. We want to help people question those things.The Dictator is released in the U.K. and U.S. on May 16.