“I was about to do a scene [in 'Borat 1'] and we had a cop who had his gun on his thigh and I said, 'Why is your gun on your thigh?' He goes, 'Well, I need to be really fast to draw in this area.' I said, 'Well, how close are you to me?' And he said, 'I’ll be with you within three minutes.' I realized that was not a good thing to do, so I pulled that scene.”

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

Cohen recounted a moment filming 'Borat 1' when a cop's response made him pull a planned scene.