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Sacha Baron Cohen disrupts Medium filming

by Bob Sassone, posted Nov 17th 2008 7:03PM
BrunoThis is actually kinda funny and I'm surprised no one has attempted this before.

Sacha Baron Cohen, also known as Borat, was somehow cast as an extra for an episode of NBC's Medium, and in typical Borat fashion he disrupted the scene. In fact, he screwed things up so much that the show had to shut down filming for a while on November 7.

Actually, Cohen wasn't Borat in the footage he was Bruno, one of Cohen's other characters.

The stunt was for his new movie Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt, which will probably be hard to fit on a Sony marquee (they'll probably just shorten it to Bruno or maybe Gay Foreigner, which would be a great name for a tribute band). The entire scene had to be redone. I was wondering why he picked Medium instead of a bigger show but maybe that's the show that he could actually get into.

Now let's hope we actually get to see footage from the disruption, if not in the movie than at least on the next Medium DVD set. The film comes out in May.

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That's horrible. Jeff Olan Casting must be humiliated. You know why he did it - to ambush Patricia Arquette, whose brother is a pre-op crossdresser. Cohen's been ambushing unsuspecting people at their own expense and once again duping more dumbass people to sign super long releases that only attorneys could decipher their meaning to the average fat head. Essentially, however they capture you on camera, they can cut, edit, translate, depict you however they so choose without your knowing and since you've signed it, they cannot at all be sued by you ever. They could tell you they're gonna catch you playing with your hair and voice over that you're really a transvestite straightening out your wig. And you will have zero legal recourse. There are stories all over the internet about stunts he's pulled on people dumb enough to sign the releases that they don't even know what it really means. Some just want the money, some just aren't wise enough to know you never sign a contract that you cannot figure out what it truly means. His producers and crap try to sweet talk everyone and only later drop a bomb in their laps AFTER the releases have been signed and collected, or worse after they've edited it to make you look like a jerk, even if you didn't while filming. Like mock focus groups that ask for your release, and furthermore putting the market research companies' reputations on the line.

Here's one from this idiot who thinks he'll be edited out:

"We responded to a very vague Craigslist ad requesting people be in the audience for a new talk show, discussing current politics/events. We would get paid $50, just for 90 minutes of our time, after work (I think it was from 7-8:30pm). The studio was literally about 2 miles from our house, so of course, we both decided to go. At the studio, we filled out more screener surveys to pick the actual audience as there were so many more respondants than the studio would seat. For whatever reason, they picked my husband,Jeff, and not me.(I still got paid, though!) Anyway, Jeff and about 150 other people filed off into the studio. Meanwhile, I waited in the lobby.

(The rest is what Jeff described).
Bruno came out as a guest on a talkshow. Bruno was playing the gay father to a little African baby he "adopted". The little baby was wearing a onsie that said "Gayby". According to Jeff, during the audience Q & A section, some of the audience members said some very inflammatory comments. It was a very controversial talk show, apparently, which infuriated many of the audience members, so much that most of the audience walked out before the taping actually was scheduled to end,due to some very off-color pictures and comments by Bruno himself.

We were both fans of Borat, and on the drive home from the studio, after hearing about the crazy Austrian that had been the "guest", I started wondering aloud, "Wouldn't it be funny if this was actually "Bruno"?" From this very site, I knew that there was a Bruno film in the works, but certainly hadn't put 2 and 2 together, as the Craigslist ad, and the mock producers did such a good job of making us think we were merely filming a pilot for a new talk show. Period.

So when we got home, we googled "Bruno" and Jeff saw the photo of Bruno with the blond wig interviewing Gov. Arnold, and Jeff nearly fell over, and said, "That was him!" So, that's how the cover was blown, after it was all over. Of course, Jeff was quite bummed out that he was in Sacha Baron Cohen's presence without knowing it.

I am sure much of the footage will be edited, but hopefully some of the Dallas footage will make it into the final film!"

And these jerks:

"The Smoking Gun website has posted copies of ads used to lure thousands of Arkansans to staged events in Texarkana and Fort Smith for Sacha Baron Cohen's latest movie, Bruno, based on his TV character, a gay Austrian interviewer who specializes in entertainment and fashion topics. The ads promised one-dollar beer, "hot chicks" and "hardcore fights." As Tsg reported, both events ended with two male wrestlers "tearing each other's clothes off and, while in underwear, kissing down their opponent's chest." The display, said Tsg, "triggered Fort Smith fans to throw chairs and beer at the ring." Cohen's "Blue Collar Brawlin'" website, which promoted the events, shuttered after the filming. Tsg discovered they they were registered to Peto Philer of Algeria."

And this moron who should have screwed up Cohen's gig, because now they probably will make a jerk out of him for trying to snap photos:

"I was at the Omni Hotel in downtown Los Angeles today for a luncheon hosted by the Foreign Trade Association, and lo and behold,

January 21 2009 at 5:34 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tingrin87

in other news, Medium is apparently still on the air.
i was under the impression that it was canned 2-3 years ago...

November 18 2008 at 10:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Moe

Will would also like to remind you kids to stay off of his lawn!

November 18 2008 at 11:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Whoosh

you would think on a show called "medium", they could have seen this coming

November 18 2008 at 10:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
SadOldMan

There's no difference between this guy and the Jackass crew. Misery is funny at someone else's expense. His 15 minutes are ticking off....

November 18 2008 at 7:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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MCW

As you can see, you're the only one who thinks that. He's a ton different, because Sacha actually HAS talent as an actor and comedian both. Name one member of Jackass that has that.

November 19 2008 at 7:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Will

I don't get this guys appeal, at all. How is it funny to interupt the filming of a tv show? Especially considering how much it costs per hour to shoot one?

And, by the way, to the comment above, Medium ranked in the top 20 programs in the final episodes of last season, so obviously lots of people watch it.

November 18 2008 at 3:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ryguy178

Oh, TV Squad.

Don't worry, you're only the 300,000th website to fall for the fake Bruno title.

http://defamer.com/5017659/the-curious-case-of-the-fake-defamer-bruno-title-that-ate-the-internets

Remember, Wikipedia isn't a reliable source!

-Ryan

November 17 2008 at 10:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
MCW

If they keep the scene, it will lead to the first time anyone in the universe has watched Medium.

So yeah, they should totally leave it be.

November 17 2008 at 10:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joey Geraci

It looks like Ausiello was having a little fun with the title. He came up with the subtitle, not Sacha Baron Cohen.

Definitely sounds like a funny movie, and can't wait to see it.

November 17 2008 at 8:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tony

The absolute greatest title of a film EEEVVVER!! Can't wait to see it!

November 17 2008 at 8:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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