Old school… Baron Cohen also brought out old alter ego Ali G alongside a wary Olivia Wilde.
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That included Saoirse Ronan, the best actress nominee for “Brooklyn”; Rooney Mara, the supporting-actress nominee for “Carol”; and Sacha Baron Cohen, who is, um, not nominated for anything. Sacha laughed during an interview on Good Morning Britain on Monday morning.
The truth is we actually had to sneak it in, because the Oscars sat me down before and said they didn’t want me to do anything out of order, they wanted me to actually just present it as myself.
“I had to pretend that he wasn’t feeling well in the bathroom so that no one…” Rather than accept the restriction placed on him by Oscar producers, he faked having food poisoning and spent 40 minutes turning into Ali G before hitting the stage.
On Sunday night’s Oscars, movies were recognized for their brilliance and presented by fellow actors.
Ali went on: ‘I is here representing all them who has been overlooked – Will Smith, Idris Elbow (yes, that really is what he said) and of course the incredible black bloke from Star Wars, Darth Vader.
He added: “How come there’s no Oscar for those little hard working yellow people. You know, de Minions”.
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But as fearless as Sacha may seem, he actually wasn’t quite so courageous before going on. She had just moments earlier started to say how “absolutely nervous” she was.
