n case you haven’t heard, Sacha Baron Cohen (better known to the world through his characters Borat and Ali G) is currently shooting a new film. Based on the character Bruno from HBO’s much loved Da Ali G Show, Cohen is once again touring the U.S.A. with a camera claiming to be hosting a documentary TV series and catching unsuspecting citizens on camera. The format of the movie is identical to Borat, the only difference is the character. Bruno is an Austrian fashion reporter for gay TV. If Borat was a character designed to expose the cultural prejudices of his interviewees, then Bruno is designed to expose their homophobias. In George Bush’s America, this hatred is almost more apparent than racism. While people are awkwardly polite with Borat so that they don’t offend him, Bruno is typically treated with aggression and disgust.

While filming is occurring under the utmost secrecy, reports began to leak a month ago about an foreign documentary filmmaker who was kicked out of a Kansas airport for “inappropriate behavior” as well as disrupting a variety of Easter ceremonies dressed as Jesus (for more on these incidents click here). While most of the local news affiliates who picked up these stories were not able to identify the “filmmaker” as Sacha Baron Cohen, it was obvious to anyone who is a fan of his comedy. Just this week, new pictures have appeared on the internet showing Cohen in character as Bruno going after his latest victim: none other than the Governor of California himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger.