(London) — Sasha Baron Cohen was on the offensive at the world premiere in London of his newest spoof, “The Dictator.” The British comic actor made a point of aiming offensive comments at just about everyone last night. Baron Cohen strolled the red carpet in character as “The Dictator’s” freedom-hating General Aladeen from the fictional North African nation of Wadiya. He directed barbs at British politicians David Cameron and Nicholas Clegg, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch. Baron Cohen-as-Aladeen told reporters, “I would like to grant political asylum to Murdoch. We also have mobile phone hacking in Wadiya. Everyone who has a phone, we hack off their hands.” “The Dictator” opens in theaters May 16th.
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