In one of the shortest WGA awards events in recent memory at 90 minutes, there were some striking comic moments, one was then Borat subsequent Moviefilm the actor / producer / co-writer and the adapted screenplay of the WGA, Sacha Baron Cohen, in his sequel, Donald Trump consultant Rudy Giuliani, stumbled upon his favorite punching bag for a while.
“Thank you for this incredible award, although I can not think we won it because 60% of the Writers Guild worked on this film,” Baron Cohen said tonight in a pre-recorded ceremony.
” A film like this is extremely difficult to write, in part because it’s real people in whose behavior is completely unpredictable – except for Rudy Giuliani who did everything we had hoped for, ” the British comic creator said and nailed it. hit on the head.
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“Look here are the pages,” Baron Cohen said, reading the text by Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, Lee Kern and himself.
“Inside – hotel room. Rudolph Giuliani stumbles in. He drank. He waffles stupid conspiracy theories for 12 minutes and then takes Tutar to the bedroom, he lies on the bed and presses his hand into his pants. Take one. Unbelievable, ”Baron Cohen exclaims.
Yesterday on the nominated panel of the Producers Guild of America where the Amazon sequel is the highest prize, Borat 2 producer Monica Levinson explained that Giuliani tried to arrest the crew. “He claims that we were trying to blackmail him at the time, which we did not ask for anything. He called all his police in New York and said extortion, which was a federal crime. Very clever to discuss it. However, she was on her second Borat after the first time after spending 19 hours in jail to the production.
Baron Cohen was a presenter at the WGA Awards for the original screenplay a moment earlier and said in a complete wink to himself that he was completely biased in the category as one nominee an extraordinary performance by Abbie Hoffman (who means Aaron Sorkin’s) display The Chicago 7 Trial). Filmmaker Emerald Fennell won this category for Promising young woman.
Borat subsequent Movefilm has so far played a major role in the awards season. In addition to the WGA Adapted Screenplay Award tonight, the film also won two Golden Globes for Best Picture – Music or Comedy and Best Actor in the Category. At the Oscars, the Amazon sequel is on best processed screenplay and Maria Bakalova is in the category of best supporting actress.