baron cohen would have done red carpet interviews in character – and if his past appearances as borat and bruno were any indication , would have used the occasion to be disruptive ( and probably pretty funny ) .
astrid stawiarz getty images cohen had been invited to attend in full costume as the character from his upcoming flick " the dictator , " deadline.com reported .
this means he is banned from attending the oscars even though he is an academy member and one of the stars from hugo , paramount ’s 11 - nominated movie and best picture contender .
update at 5:30 pm : later today , faced with all the bad publicity resulting from its action , the academy tried to parse what it did when questioned by some media outlets .
the 40 - year - old british comic , however , has built his career on edgier material - famously staying in character will sacha baron cohen ’s ‘ the dictator ’ walk the oscar red carpet ?
the reason is that a proposal reached the academy for baron cohen to the show , ” paramount comedy the dictator .
academy cringing over news of sacha baron cohen would violate the decorum of the awards show with the publicity stunt rumored to be hitting red carpet in ' the dictator ' costume sacha baron cohen has been blacklisted from the red carpet on hollywood 's biggest night .
updated 5:30 pm with more details exclusive … breaking 3pm … the academy of motion picture arts & sciences has pulled actor sacha baron cohen‘s tickets from the 84th academy awards .
but the fact is that , this contrary to reports , the academy is not admitting sacha baron cohen 's nikki finke .