Ali G flees neo-Nazis
2003-02-05 13:18
London - Ali G and his film crew have been forced to flee a mob of neo-Nazis while working in the US.
Sacha Baron Cohen was playing a camp Austrian fashion reporter called Bruno when he angered white supremacists at a rally in Georgia.
A cameraman was attacked after the comic wound up one of the mob by admiring the racists' look - and asking if they used moisturiser.
Producer Dan Mazer told the New York Times: "I can't remember what the trigger question was, but all of a sudden the guy we were interviewing exploded.
"He started physically attacking the cameraman and reaching for his gun. We legged it like no one's ever legged it.
"In the meantime, two guys dressed as Arab sheiks got wind of it and started yelling at us. As we're driving away, we see the main Nazi guy chasing us followed by his coterie of Arab sheik Nazis, all shaking their fists. It was like a scene at the end of Scooby-Doo.
"That was our last day in America. By that time we'd taken it to the brink, and I thought: "Enough. I'm going to write sitcoms now"." - Ananova.com
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