Sacha Baron Cohen’s next comedy will be Ladies First – a remake of French film I Am Not An Easy Man.
Sacha Baron Cohen has had no shortage of comedy roles in the last few years, from his terrific satirical television series Who Is America? to Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, which saw him revisit one of his most popular characters alongside a star-making turn from Maria Bakalova. There was also a report last year that Baron Cohen was working on a live tour, which would see him revisit his breakout character Ali G, but there have been no further updates on that front.
According to Deadline, though, Cohen’s next film will be Ladies First, a remake of the 2018 French film I Am Not An Easy Man, which was written and directed by Éléonore Pourriat.
The synopsis for the original film reads as follows:
Damien (Vincent Elbaz), a brutish, shameless chauvinist who enjoys all the benefits of living in a patriarchal society. After a bump to the head, Damien passes out. When he wakes up, he finds himself in what seems to be an alternate universe where gender roles are reversed and women have the power.
Experiencing sexism for the first time, Damien struggles to find his place in this new world but meets and seduces Alexandra (Marie-Sophie Ferdane), an influential novelist looking for her next great idea, who is herself a chauvinist.
Baron Cohen will star alongside Rosamund Pike in the new movie.
Thea Sharrock, who recently made Wicked Little Letters, will direct from a screenplay by Booksmart writer Katie Silberman, while Baron Cohen will also produce. The film will premiere on Netflix. Bruno, Baron Cohen’s bawdy 2009 comedy, was recently added to the streaming service
Baron Cohen will next be seen in Disclaimer, a psychological thriller series written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, which will stream on Apple TV+ from the 11th October.
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