A humorous short piece that looks at Sacha Baron Cohen's approach to his role in the film "Hugo."
Acting
Cohen treating a kids' movie villain like Shakespearean tragedy.
Direction
Scorsese's patient face as Cohen commits to the bit.
Director
Barbara Toennies
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cohen improvised extensively on Hugo's set, with Scorsese reportedly encouraging the chaos despite it being his first family film.
This short captures the fascinating tension between Cohen's anarchic comedy background and Scorsese's painstaking classical filmmaking—two artists who somehow made it work.
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