Paramount Pays Sacha Baron Cohen With Goats

Paramount has won the rights to Sacha Baron Cohen‘s next comedy film after sending goats to the actor and his reps. That’s right. Goats. They also gave him $20 million against 20% of the first-dollar gross. Which means he could stand to earn.. umm…. uh…. carry the one…consult with Clippy…. uh…. a lot of money. So that helped to seal the deal too.

The film will star Cohen in a dual role, playing two characters we’ve yet to see. One is a goat herder and the other a deposed dictator who gets stuck in America. But back to the goats. Deadline reports, "visitors to WME were greeted by a goat wandering across the 3rd floor atrium — that is, until Ari Emanuel had the goat removed after it took a dump in the hallway."

No fair. Brett Ratner dumps in that hallway all the time and he’s still allowed to make deals.