Sacha Baron Cohen on Letterman (From Gazette)

Sacha Baron Cohen on Letterman

10:43am Thursday 9th July 2009 in

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Sacha Baron Cohen has made a rare appearance as himself on David Letterman's Late Show.

The comedian, who normally portrays comedy personas such as Bruno or Borat, told Letterman how he interviewed a real terrorist for his new film Bruno.

He said: "When we were making this film we thought 'what could people see that they'd never seen before on film?'"

He continued: "And we thought one thing, that one thing would be a comedian interviewing a terrorist. So we showed the outline of the script to the studio and they said 'This is great, who is going to play the terrorist?' And we said 'No we're going to find a real terrorist'."

Sacha said he contacted the CIA for their help to find someone to interview.

"Now it's not that easy to find an actual terrorist, in fact, your government has been looking for one for about 9 years," he told the chat show host.

Eventually the researchers found someone who knew where to find a terrorist, a member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, and set up the meeting.

The 37-year-old said he had trouble getting a security team on board and eventually managed to contract a man who had worked on the Enrique Iglesias Hero tour.

"His main job had been protecting Enrique from flying underwear. I knew if it came to it, this guy would take a bra for me," he added.

:: Bruno will be in cinemas from Friday.