One of the big reveals on the 2025 TV schedule so far is Sacha Baron Cohen officially joining the MCU as the supervillain Mephisto in Ironheart. Following his arrival in the Disney+ series earlier this month, the Borat actor is pulling a popular Marvel actor move and showing off a truly insane body transformation. (Take that, Chris Pratt and Kumail Nanjiani!)
Photos from Sacha Baron Cohen’s profile on Men’s Fitness magazine were revealed on Instagram on Wednesday, and the comment section got as spicy as you’d imagine it might. Check out the photos below:
Deadline), Moretti said that the actor’s body “looked like a ruler, straight up and down” before he started his program. But once the results started kicking in, the Marvel costume department even had to make alterations a few times to complement his new physique.
In April, Sacha Baron Cohen announced that he and Isla Fisher had decided to “jointly” file for divorce after being married for 13 years. Given that context, a ton of other people commented over it being something of a divorce bod. Prior to that, Cohen was also in the news when Rebel Wilson claimed he pressured her to be nude in a movie. Otherwise, Cohen’s last role prior to joining the MCU was in the Apple series Disclaimer in 2024.
The Borat actor turned up in Episode 6 of Ironheart as Mephisto after long being rumored to be playing the role. Following the reveal, Marvel president Kevin Feige said “the potential is clear” in a recent interview with our sister site, GamesRadar, for the character who is basically the MCU’s version of the Devil, but of course the question is, where will we see him next?