Sacha Baron Cohen hits bum notes in Sweeney Todd

15th December 2006

British funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen's singing has reportedly been cut from Tim Burton's forthcoming SWEENEY TODD movie, because it's so bad.

The Borat and Ali G creator plays Signor Adolfo Pirelli - the arch-rival of Johnny Depp's Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street - in the big screen version of the hit musical.

British newspaper The Sun reports Burton has given Cohen permission to rap his songs, because his singing voice isn't good enough. A film insider says, "Pirelli is a notoriously demanding role with some difficult songs.
"Any professional singer would struggle. So Sacha has been told to go for a rap style. It will be a bit like Jim Broadbent's performance in Moulin Rouge!. That won him a BAFTA. "Sacha is going to do a fantastic job but he couldn't cut it with the singing. His voice was too low."