Before filming the upcoming Bruno flick, Sacha Baron Cohen may have gone a bit overboard in the character preparation department!
To slip into the mind and body of Bruno, Cohen decided it was mandatory to bleach all of his body hair!
“[Sacha] heard that all-over hairlessness is a popular trend in the gay community, so he thought he’d bleach all his hair so it looked invisible,” a source close to the actor divulged to reporters.
Has the Bruno star never heard of waxing???
It’s a mighty shame, because Sacha was completely unaware of the fact that he’s allergic to hydrogen peroxide!
“Shortly after having the procedure done he felt a burning sensation and it grew steadily worse… He had a bad allergic reaction to hydrogen peroxide, which is a strong bleaching agent,” the source explained.
Never bleach without doing a patch test first, duh!
Especially when you’re dealing with, ahem, “private” areas.
“It was so severe around a certain part of his anatomy that he couldn’t sit down for three days… Crew members found the whole incident hilarious and it slowed down filming for a bit, but Sacha soon got over the discomfort.”
Docs prescribed the funnyman an anti-irritant and in time, filming resumed as schedule.
Thank goodness!