Joshua Loudermilk, a 54-year-old aspiring actor from North Carolina, claims he was secretly in on the joke during the production of the new Ali G movie, Ali G: Who Iz I?. Despite the film’s narrative insisting that its subjects were not in on the production’s true nature, Loudermilk asserts that he recognized star Sacha Baron Cohen early in the process and maintained his persona as a hard-right MAGA sympathizer to see how far he could push the comedic experiment. According to but rather than being upset about his involvement, Loudermilk – who recently appeared as Squire Dap in the North Carolina Town of Hudson Fall Dinner Theatre’s production of Camelot –, He welcomes the publicity boost. His motivation for responding was primarily financial. “I know rightwing and leftwing organisations have money and will pay people to just hold a sign up, recently made redundant. In his application, Loudermilk fabricated hard-right views, mentioned that he had been a preacher and neglected to declare his ambitions to become a comedy actor – in part, he says, out of embarrassment. Very slanted to the right”, he then filled in a “silly questionnaire – very obvious. According to as the plot became more “ridiculous”,, Loudermilk, so his enjoyment increased. Instead, he “wanted to have fun with Sacha,” so he grabbed the “butt-gun”, yelling about the need to defend themselves, and eventually discharged fire, aided by Morad, who helps pump the penis trigger. And obviously very uncomfortable, bless his heart, he was scared to death. Loudermilk considers any such terms breached now the film is out and mentions him by name: “It’s fair game.
The film centers on a plot where Loudermilk and Michael Aboud, the chair of the El Paso county Republican party, are recruited by Cohen’s character, the ex-Mossad terrorist expert Col Erran Morad.
Their mission involves forming a citizens’ warrior force to defend the US border, utilizing highly unconventional and fictional weaponry. Abandoning her in a deserted medical facility, kidnapping her newborn child (a lifelike prosthetic) and driving it in a zipped bag to the border in order to deliver it by drone to Mexico, this involves abducting a woman apparently in labour. Aboud is shown taking the decision to drop the child from a great height into Mexico rather than have it touch US soil. According to at the climax at the Mexican border,, Loudermilk, he handed the remote control to the drone to Aboud, “because that was boring.
The recruits are tasked with preventing the birth of a baby belonging to a fictional South American drug kingpin on US soil. While Aboud has publicly criticized the project, calling Cohen a “liar” and “pervert” and threatening legal action, Loudermilk reports a different experience.
Loudermilk admits he was surprised that the production team failed to notice his social media posts shortly after filming concluded. In these updates, he explicitly named Cohen and expressed his enthusiasm for the project. Reflecting on his motivations, he stated, “I want to use this to my benefit. I would hope Sacha would read this and laugh, like: ‘Hey, you got me!’ I had so much fun creating that character. I was trying to see if I was any good at acting in… Oh, I think I’m good at this.’ And that’s what I wanna do for the rest of my life.”
His involvement began in September 2025 after he discovered a Craigslist advertisement from a group called the American Citizen Initiative. The post recruited “patriotic legal Americans” concerned about the “border crisis” and promised attendees $300 plus travel expenses for an “exclusive, hands-on event.” Loudermilk, who describes himself as broadly apolitical, noted, “I was like: this seems kind of weird. I don’t really care much about our borders. My mom’s from Ireland.” I go in there and immediately I see this really tall guy with this horrible plastic surgery. And you’d have to wear some really big khaki pants.”. He adds that, after shooting, he had some qualms about not coming clean to them that he had twigged. “I felt a little bad.
Motivated by financial incentives after recent redundancy, he applied by fabricating right-wing views and claiming a background as a preacher, while omitting his acting aspirations. Following a video interview where he successfully identified left-leaning celebrities and recognized Cohen’s character Borat, the production flew him to Ontario, California. He received an initial payment of $1,000 plus expenses, followed by an additional $700. He described the operation as highly secretive, noting that he was frisked upon entry. They frisked me down and I got in a truck to go to a karate studio.”. So I had to make him believe that I believed all this.
Upon meeting the supposed Israeli commander, Loudermilk encountered his fellow recruits, observing that they appeared to be older men wearing Trump-themed clothing. The absurdity peaked when Morad introduced a top-secret weapon: a large, wearable prosthetic bottom that fired bullets from the anus. Recalling his reaction, Loudermilk said, “I kept thinking: no-one’s gonna… You’re gonna put a butt on top of a butt? You can’t run in that.” I remember thinking: I wanna get on that gravy train. Once he arrived, Loudermilk was greeted by security and informed an Israeli commander wanted to meet him. “That was a red flag.
Despite the bizarre circumstances, including a scene where he and the others were covered in fake excrement while delivering a prosthetic baby, Loudermilk stayed in character. He even volunteered to demonstrate the weapon’s trigger, which involved pumping a rubber appendage Morad referred to as a “shmeckel.” Loudermilk recalled his internal monologue: “I was like: oh no, I can’t break character. I’ve got to go along with it. So what I decided was that whatever he did, I was going to take it another step further. He’s not going to punk me; I’ll trick him.”
At the end of filming, Loudermilk was asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement regarding the props, though he claims he was never provided a copy. He maintained his public social media presence, posting about his experiences on both Facebook and Instagram, and remains hopeful that his performance will lead to future acting opportunities. In December last year, Loudermilk posted three times on his public Facebook page about “eight hours of intense filming one on one with Sasha [sic] Cohen”, as well as twice on his Instagram, which is also public.
