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"Sir Ben Kingsley has revealed that Sacha Baron Cohen encouraged improvisation while shooting The Dictator. The Academy Award winner discussed Baron Cohen&amp;#039;s love of spontaneity in a new interview with The Huffington Post.   &amp;quot;I know Sacha quite well - from Hugo and just knowing him, fortunately. I loved the script, very much,&amp;quot; Kingsley recalled. &amp;quot;And then I met [producer] Scott [Rudin] and [director] Larry Charles here in New York to discuss the script with Sacha and maybe do a little improvising.&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;Sacha wanted his cast to be comfortable - &amp;#039;comfortable&amp;#039; is a stupid word. To be excited by improvising. Energised by improvising. No-one wants to be comfortable as an actor - you know, that&amp;#039;s for bedtime. So, I had no doubts at all about joining Sacha.&amp;quot; Kingsley also joked that Baron Cohen&amp;#039;s dual role as star and producer in The Dictator led to some odd moments on the set. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s a producer and he&amp;#039;s also very aware of the writing and the material. So he has to have his peripheral vision on full alert, but, then, once you get two minutes away from &amp;#039;action&amp;#039;, he will go into character,&amp;quot; he recalled. &amp;quot;And there&amp;#039;s a song or a chant that we would use - and we would use some hand clapping.  &amp;quot;And I would even do that elation, &amp;#039;Oooh!&amp;#039;, that noise. And that always boosted up the energy and bonded us. It was a lovely little ritual we would go into.&amp;quot; Anna Faris previously revealed that The Dictator was almost 90% improvised. The Dictator is now playing in US and UK cinemas. Watch a trailer for The Dictator below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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