LOS ANGELES — As if his portrayals of Borat and Bruno weren’t outrageous enough, Sacha Baron Cohen’s next role will be to play a dictator inspired by a book written by Saddam Hussein.
The British comic will star in and co-write “The Dictator,” which is scheduled for release in May 2012, Paramount Pictures said Wednesday. Larry Charles, who directed Baron Cohen in “Bruno” and “Borat,” will direct once again. The book by the former Iraqi leader is titled “Zabibah and the King.” The Associated Press
This article has been corrected in this online archive. Originally, due to an Associated Press error, the role that Sacha Baron Cohen will play in
the new movie “The Dictator” is not Saddam Hussein. Baron Cohen will play a fictional
dictator inspired by a book written by Saddam Hussein.
