Actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has revealed his latest character, he will become The Dictator for his next movie. In his usual controversial style Cohen’s new character is based on a book written by a notorious man. The book is the Iraqi novel ‘Zabibah and the King,’ it was first published anonymously but it was later revealed to be written by then-dictator Saddam Hussein.
A press release by Paramount Pictures sums up the story as follows;
“The film tells the heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.”
Although Cohen is not playing Hussein himself, his dictator character takes inspiration from the book that Hussein wrote. The Dictator will be released worldwide on May 11, 2012. Paramount Pictures also announced that Larry Charles, who directed Baron Cohen in “Bruno” and “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan“, will direct once again.
