In LA

So I’m probably the last person to say this. But Talladega Nights just popped up on TV. Sacha Baron Cohen is amazing in it. His every scene is hilarious¹.

I remember first watching him on the Channel 4 (British) series Da Ali G Show. I was so impressed by his depth of character and commitment to the performance that I instantly thought I was watching a young Peter Sellers². When I first heard that the film, The Pink Panther, was to be remade, Sacha was the only person I could imagine possibly doing the role of Inspector Clouseau justice. Of course, the role went to some other guy³.

I’m looking forward to watching his next project.

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1. I can’t say the film doesn’t have problems, especially when it starts to take the racing action seriously or does fancy and irrelevant CG camera moves through the racecars, but Sacha’s great [↩]
2. It was a nice surprise to read the page of Sacha Baron Cohen related trivia on the imdb and find that “He considers Peter Sellers to be his greatest influence”. I swear I hadn’t known that when I had the instant thought I just described. Really. [↩]
3. No slouch himself, if all you know of Steve Martin is Pink Panther or Cheaper By the Dozen, you owe yourself a trip to the video store to rent a copy of The Jerk [↩]

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