Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen cast in Quentin Tarantinos mysterious new stage play

To wawaweewa, or not to wawaweewa?Sacha Baron Cohen, the British actor known for his improv-heavy comedy personas like the loony Kazakh journalist Borat and Ali G, has been cast in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming new play in London, The Post has learned.A source with knowledge of the secretive show, set to bow in early 2027, says he’ll be playing “the romantic lead,” a Douglas Fairbanks type, in “The Popinjay Cavalier.”The Post has reached out to Cohen’s rep and the production for comment.Cohen, who has never acted onstage professionally before, is an awfully odd pick for an even odder project.Tarantino, the filmmaker who’s cultivated a fervent fanbase with movies like “Pulp Fiction” and “Kill Bill,” has long said he would direct 10 flicks and call it quits.His ninth was 2019’s Best Picture-nominated “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”He then announced that his final film would be called “The Movie Critic” — sounds fun! — but he soon pivoted to something nobody saw coming: an onstage “swashbuckling comedy” in the West End.“Django Unchained”? Quentin unhinged!Tarantino wrote “Popinjay,” which sources said bares no resemblance to the foul-mouthed, violent films his admirers love, and will direct it, having never staged a theatrical play before.So, it’s a veritable first-timers club.

Risky.“Popinjay” is said to be a mammoth undertaking — “a movie onstage,” one source said, calling it a wannabe “Scarlet Pimpernel” — with elaborate sets and myriad scenes.Another source said the show will play the Phoenix Theatre after “Stranger Things: First Shadow” packs up its demogorgon on Dec.

26.Cohen — who some insiders have admitted they’re not sure is up to the demands (and lines) of a stage play — has been knee-deep in drama over the past couple years.In 2024, actress Rebel Wilson called him an “a—hole” in her memoir “Rebel Rising” and said Cohen repeatedly tried to pressure her into nude scenes ...