“On the way to shooting it, I bumped into one of the great stuntmen and he said, 'You will go to hospital if you make this movie,' because I explained I’m wearing a prosthetic head in a fat suit. He said, 'You’ll be so dehydrated you’ll be in hospital for two weeks.'”

Sacha Baron Cohen · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-25

Cohen recounted an encounter with a stuntman who warned him he would go to the hospital if he made the movie wearing a prosthetic head in a fat suit.