New scenes from Borat revealed

The comic tricked his way into the state’s military academy by saying he was affiliated to a German TV station making a documentary into life as an officer,

They allowed him on base and let him change into military uniform – exposing his thong when doing so – before one of the younger cadets recognised him and alerted senior officers.

‘It's an embarrassment to the Alabama National Guard,’ said Staff Sergeant Katrina Timmons.

‘He was treated like a member of the media and escorted around. He was put in a uniform like he requested to allow him to get a taste of what it was like to be an officer candidate.’

She added that new protocols have been put into place ‘to make sure this doesn't happen again’.

The footage is likely to be for Cohen's upcoming movie featuring his character Bruno, a flamboyantly gay Austrian fashion journalist.

On Sunday, Baron Cohen previewed material from the new film at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.

He showed around 300 fans three scenes, introducing each one himself.

In one, he tries to adopt a black baby and include it in an avant-garde art project, asking parents of prospective stars: Would they be OK with being dropped off a four-story building, or willing to have liposuction?

He also took part in a Jerry Springer-style talk show, angering the conservative audience with his over-the-top sexuality, and he in the closing scene Bruno attempts to reinvent himself as a heterosexual called Straight Dave, taking part in a mixed martial-arts fight.

Robert Perez, a film critic for MTV, said the new scenes compared favourable to Baron Cohen’s last hit, saying: ‘Bruno somehow makes Borat look like child’s play, upping the anti on aggressively offensive, squirm-worthy hilarity.’

The film is due out in the US in July.

Published: 17 Mar 2009