'Dictator' Anna Faris 'always wanted to work with Sacha Baron Cohen'

Anna Faris has revealed that she signed on for The Dictator strictly to work with Sacha Baron Cohen.

The star told Vulture that The Dictator was quite a change of pace from her previous films.















"I was really just excited to work with Sacha. I was sort of ready to play any role that they wanted me to," Faris admitted. "I [also] loved sort of playing a character that's not vain, and clearly not too concerned with the aesthetic end.

"And I think part of the comedy is that his character has never met or known a girl like that. For me, it was awesome. It was great."

Faris added that she shares political convictions with the left-wing activist she plays in The Dictator.

"I mean, I grew up in Seattle; I went to the University of Washington. I think there was a time in my life where I felt like maybe I identified with that gal a little bit," the star recalled.

"I used to sort of consider myself a feminist, an environmentalist; and I still have some of that in me, but I've done so many offensive comedies I'm now worn down to a little nub of... nub of an activist. But I think I love those elements of her."

Faris recently revealed that 90% of The Dictator was improvised.

The Dictator is now playing in US and UK cinemas.

Watch a trailer for The Dictator below: