Sacha Baron Cohen to play Saddam Hussein
January 21, 2011 - 8:00 am
LOS ANGELES -- As if his portrayals of Borat and Bruno weren't outrageous enough, Sacha Baron Cohen's next role will be playing Saddam Hussein. The British comic will star in and co-write "The Dictator," which is scheduled for release in May 2012. Paramount joked in a news release: "The film tells the heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed."