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They pranked celebs including Perrie Edwards, David Walliams, Jimmy Carr, Ann Widdecombe, and James Argent into auditioning for a fake third movie. As you do.
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat 2 is officially upon us and, while fans are already itching for more, YouTube stars Josh Pieters and Archie Manners almost made it a reality with a star-studded cast.
From Britain’s Got Talent judge David absolutely smashing it, and Little Mix star Perrie making an unexpected foray into acting, to politician Ann struggling to get the Zoom call started, it’s definitely something to behold.
Josh and Archie did everything including getting in touch with the stars’ agents, writing an actual script for the movie, and taking each celeb through a bizarre read-through.
Chatting to Metro.co.uk, they explained what went down behind the scenes.
Whose audition was the best (and worst)?
‘I think David Walliams was the best audition for us, he definitely gets the part of the ambassador,’ Josh insisted. ‘The worst auditions – that’s such a tough one, I don’t like to single out actors.’
‘I do,’ Archie interjected. ‘The guy who came to an audition topless, that’s mad. Jay Alvarrez. He wasn’t even wearing a shirt! [Have] some standards, please.’
‘I think he knew it was going to improve his chances,’ Josh reflected.
Meanwhile, Little Mix’s Perrie definitely impressed the lads, with Archie explaining: ‘We thought we’d put her in for Little Mix to see how good at acting she was.
‘She was actually very, very good, I think she’s probably a better singer, but she definitely wasn’t bad at all.’
‘She definitely gets the part of Borat’s sister in Borat 3,’ Josh declared.
How long did it take to put the video together – and write Borat 3?
‘We did turn the whole thing round in a week, from idea to upload,’ Archie revealed. ‘So we haven’t had a lot of sleep.’
While they initially were concerned that they would have to write an entire script to send over to the stars, the duo discovered they could send over sides (excerpts of the script) instead, which they were able to write in an afternoon thanks to Josh’s Borat expertise.
‘We wrote tons [of sides], Josh mainly because he’s seen Borat – how many times?’ Archie asked, with Josh adding: ‘I think 10 times, and I’ve watched the second one twice.’
‘What was hilarious, is we always like to give our celebrities a chance to figure us out. And we sent them scripts that they thought were written by the legend Sacha Baron Cohen […] perhaps the actors don’t think about what they’re reading as much as they could,’ Archie added.
What didn’t viewers get to see?
Josh and Archie have got high praise for the stars, revealing that they were far from Hollywood divas during the read-throughs.
‘Jimmy Carr’s conversation before and afterwards was hilarious – he’s just a very funny guy,’ Archie explained.
Josh added: ‘David Walliams was also very kind, very polite and nice and it was a sort of pinch-ourselves moment to speak to someone who’s an idol of ours on a casting.’
However, not everything ran smoothly, with Archie going on to say: ‘And Ann Widdecombe not being able to work out technology – not particularly surprising but we did have to cut that down because it took [her] quite a long time to work out how to turn a camera on on Zoom.’
How have the stars reacted?
Ann Widdecombe told Metro.co.uk: ‘The audition was an absolute hoot, though I’m rather glad it was a prank as I think working with Borat would’ve got me into even more trouble.
‘I still have no idea what “this goat is shaved” means! At least if [Archie] and Josh are ever looking for a leading lady, they now know what I can bring to the role.’
James Argent, meanwhile, simply tweeted the lads to say: ‘Ffs,’ adding a string of cry-laughing emoji.
Who missed out on a chance to audition for Borat 3?
Josh recalled: ‘We reached out to Robert Pattinson and had a few conversations with his [reps].
‘He’s currently filming The Batman so I’ll let him off, it’s quite a big movie. But next time I do hope he gets back to us.’
‘The only kind of people that turned us down were because they were too busy,’ Archie added.
Why did they make the video in the first place?
‘We wanted a combination of genuine actors, so we could essentially unveil the curtain behind celebrity, in terms of having a look at the process in which actors get parts for movies we know and love,’ Archie explained.
‘And we knew if we went for the Borat movie, we’d be able to justify it in that these celebrities are auditioning for a role in which they would be paid to be on a prank show, so they were clearly happy to prank other people, and therefore justifiably they should be happy to be pranked themselves.’
Josh added: ‘We deliberately didn’t mess around with people like David Walliams, we let him read the script […] we do have quite a bit of respect for him and he absolutely nailed the part. I don’t think he could have done it better.’
Metro.co.uk has contacted reps for Sacha Baron Cohen, David Walliams, Jimmy Carr, and Jay Alvarrez. Reps for Perrie Edwards declined to comment.
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