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‘Borat’ Director Stopped Talking to Sacha Baron Cohen After He Started ‘Surrounding Himself’ With ‘Show Business People’ and ‘Pulling Away’ From Subversive Humor: ‘He Wanted to Be More of a Traditional Movie Star’

'Borat' director Larry Charles stopped talking to Sacha Baron Cohen after he started 'surrounding himself' with 'show business people.'

“ Borat ” director Larry Charles has lost touch with his once-frequent collaborator, Sacha Baron Cohen. In a recent interview with the Daily Beast, Charles said he once considered Cohen a “comic genius,” comparing him to the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Peter Sellers. However, when they began production on their 2012 film “The Dictator,” their relationship deteriorated as Cohen started “pulling away” from the subversive character humor that made him famous.

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