Sacha Baron Cohen and Howard Stern Talk 'The Brothers Grimsby'

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While some early viewers are still in shock after watching Sacha Baron Cohen's The Brothers Grimsby, the star made an appearance on the Howard Stern SiriusXM show to talk about the film and how it all came together.

Sacha Baron Cohen is known for his outrageous films that somewhat leaps over the boundaries of comedy. However, critics are saying that his new project The Brothers Grimsby makes Borat and Ali G look like child's play.

Stern welcomed Cohen on to the show and the crew noticed that he was looking a lot different, being the comedic man he is, Cohen said that he needed plastic surgery because he was aging badly.

Stern asked Cohen if he believed that the media was wrong for publishing stories and information that was outed in the Sony hacks and Cohen said yes. Cohen said that the media were actually helping the terrorists and later on went on to say that it hurt free speech in a way.

Then Stern jumped into the yet again controversial film from Cohen, The Brothers Grimsby.

Cohen revealed that he spent time with soccer hooligans in the UK and meeting with their boss was like meeting with the mafia.

He described it as a pretty crazy scene where even his bodyguard didn't blend in.

Stern doesn't happen to think that Cohen is crazy and almost let it slip that Cohen's character was inside some part of an elephant in the film.

Stern predicts that people will walk out of the film and Robin Quivers brought up the fact that Barbara Walters went on The View and said that Borat should never be seen. Cohen knows that the MPAA hates when he brings them films especially The Brothers Grimsby which he said he convinced them to an R-rating.

From the conversation with Stern it's safe to say that the film probably should have been rated MA because there was plenty of talk of elephant private parts, most of which are actually prosthetics from Ridley Scott's special effects team.

The film is pretty graphic according to Stern and later on Cohen reveals that there are still more characters that he is working on.

"Howard said Sacha was a professional break dancer on the streets when he was growing up. Sacha said he was very serious about it," according to MarksFriggin's rundown.

"He said he was like a mini Ali G. He said he loved black culture. He said he thinks every ethnic minority has an affinity for another.

He said from 10 to 13 that's how he made money. Howard asked if he brought the cardboard out on the street with him. Sacha said he had a 6 x 6 linoleum piece that he would use."

Cohen told a story of meeting Wladimir Klitschko at a restaurant and being accused of humiliating him and the entire country of Kazakhstan. He had a firm grip on Cohen's hands but Klitschko began to laugh and he realized he was no longer in danger and it was all just a big joke.

Of course Stern addressed the fact that Cohen showed up dressed as Ali G during the 2016 Oscars and joked about the race issues that hung over the event.

Meanwhile Cohen confirmed that there was a Freddie Mercury movie in the works but it fell apart because Queen wanted a more tamed version than Cohen was going for.

You can catch Cohen in The Brothers Grimsby when it hits theaters on Friday, March 11