Sacha Baron Cohen Revealed as the First Choice to Host this Year's Oscars - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 02-19-2010, 11:09 PM

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Credit the producers of next month's Oscar ceremony for thinking way outside of the box.

Interviewed Thursday by Teri Gross on National Public Radio's "Fresh Air," Adam Shankman was asked how he and Bill Mechanic had set about shaking up the ceremony.

The always-candid Shankman revealed that when he and Mechanic first met for lunch, they immediately agreed that the person who should host the show would be none other than Sacha Baron Cohen.

Would Cohen have appeared as himself -- the Cambridge-educated Brit who was nominated for an Oscar three years ago for writing "Borat"? Or as one of his comedy alter egos: the hip-hop Ali G ("Booyah!"), Kazakhstan journalist Borat ("Very nice!") or the ever-fashionable Bruno ("That is such a Samantha thing to say!")?

Unfortunately, we'll never know. For, Shankman said, just as quickly as they told the Academy of their idea, "the Academy swatted it down. They thought it was too big of a wild card."

Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will instead host the March 7 event at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...ory?id=9884571

TJL · 02-19-2010, 11:36 PM

Good lord, what a mistake that would have been.

Marvo301 · 02-19-2010, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by TJL

Good lord, what a mistake that would have been.

catlover79 · 02-20-2010, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by TJL

Good lord, what a mistake that would have been.

They would've had to censor the entire broadcast!!

02-19-2010, 11:09 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Sacha Baron Cohen Revealed as the First Choice to Host this Year's Oscars LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Credit the producers of next month's Oscar ceremony for thinking way outside of the box. Interviewed Thursday by Teri Gross on National Public Radio's "Fresh Air," Adam Shankman was asked how he and Bill Mechanic had set about shaking up the ceremony. The always-candid Shankman revealed that when he and Mechanic first met for lunch, they immediately agreed that the person who should host the show would be none other than Sacha Baron Cohen. Would Cohen have appeared as himself -- the Cambridge-educated Brit who was nominated for an Oscar three years ago for writing "Borat"? Or as one of his comedy alter egos: the hip-hop Ali G ("Booyah!"), Kazakhstan journalist Borat ("Very nice!") or the ever-fashionable Bruno ("That is such a Samantha thing to say!")? Unfortunately, we'll never know. For, Shankman said, just as quickly as they told the Academy of their idea, "the Academy swatted it down. They thought it was too big of a wild card." Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will instead host the March 7 event at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...ory?id=9884571
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