Sarah Silverman Clues Ben Affleck In On Sacha Baron Cohen

Given his high profile after the huge success of Borat, it seems like it'd be difficult for Sacha Baron Cohen to dupe interviewees anymore. But that doesn't appear to be the case, as Ben Affleck recently fell for Cohen's Bruno schtick:

Ben Affleck called comedian friend Sarah Silverman after completing a sit-down interview with a person he was told was a “very famous openly gay fashion journalist”. Ben called the interview "the weirdest sit-down he has ever had with a reporter" explaining that the interviewer's (wholm[sic] he refered[sic] to as an "idiot") first question was "How Do You Like N*ggers?" After a stunned silence, Silverman asked Affleck "Was this guy's name Bruno?" Then and only then did Affleck actually realize that the whole thing was a gag. There is no doubt that this interview will be featured in the final cut, which is currently scheduled to hit theaters in October 2008.

After the jump, check out a rare out-of-character interview with Cohen from The Daily Show circa 2004.