{
  "id": 16096226,
  "title": "Sacha Baron Cohen Says Marvel Worried Casting a Jewish Actor as the Devil in ‘Ironheart’ Would Be Antisemitic",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/sacha-baron-cohen-says-marvel-worried-casting-a-jewish-actor-as-the",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-22T19:47:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
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    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/sacha-baron-cohen-marvel-jewish-actor-devil-antisemitic-1236921673/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sacha Baron Cohen opened up about his experience signing on to play the demon Mephisto in the Marvel Cinematic Universe during a live “Happy Sad Confused” conversation at New York’s 92nd Street Y. The actor, currently on tour promoting “Ali G: Who Iz I?,” recalled how the creative team working on last year’s Disney+ series […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Sacha Baron Cohen Says Marvel’s ‘Ironheart’ Producers Wanted To Ensure He Was “Not Insulted” Playing Devil As Jewish Actor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/sacha-baron-cohen-says-marvels-ironheart-producers-wanted-to-ensure",
        "published": "2026-10-23T00:13:29.000Z"
      }
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}