Ali G: Who Iz I? stooge says he was in on joke but didn’t tell Sacha Baron Cohen: ‘He’s not going to punk me. I’ll trick him’
Summary
Joshua Loudermilk says he recognized Sacha Baron Cohen during the filming of the new Ali G movie but kept playing along, hoping to test his comedy acting. He says he welcomes the attention and wants to pursue acting, while fellow participant Michael Aboud says he plans to sue Cohen.Key Facts
- Loudermilk is a 54-year-old aspiring actor from North Carolina.
- He says he recognized Cohen early in the shoot and continued portraying a hard-right border activist.
- Loudermilk says he responded to a Craigslist ad from the American Citizen Initiative, which offered participants $300 plus travel expenses.
- He says he mainly joined for the money after recently being made redundant.
- Loudermilk says he fabricated hard-right views in his application and did not mention his comedy-acting ambitions.
- The film shows Loudermilk and Michael Aboud joining a fictional mission involving a kidnapped newborn and a plan to take the baby across the border by drone.
- Aboud, identified in the article as chair of the El Paso county Republican party, has called Cohen a “liar” and a “pervert” and said he plans to sue.
- Loudermilk says he hopes to use the publicity to pursue comedy acting.
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