Sacha Baron Cohen on dramatic TheSpy turn and 'pitching comic alternatives to every line'
After building a career out of going undercover for comedy's sake, donning disguises in everything from Sacha Baron Cohen is taking on a much more dramatic undercover mission with his latest project, The six-part Netflix drama tells the real-life story of Israeli spy Eli Cohen who goes undercover in 1960s Syria, cozying up to military leaders to learn of Syria's secret plans against Israel.
"I tried to pitch comic alternatives to every line and suggest that he become a great wit and the Oscar Wilde of Syria, but Gideon [Raff, director] quite rightly refused to accept any of my changes," he said. "In the end I just had to act the words and pretend to be him." for seven years, starting it as a two-hour feature before breaking it into more and more parts.
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