Sacha Baron Cohen is Black Jesus

The gay fashion correspondent from Austria, played by Sacha looks set to infuriate religious groups with one of the key characters a black model called Jesus who wears a loincloth and a crown of thorns.

Test audiences in the US have seen an early edit and the more religious members at the screenings failed to see the funny side.

That’s a sure-fire sign the film is a belter.

A source said: “Sacha has really gone for the shock tactics this time.

“The characters were created deliberately to wind certain sections of society up and Jesus is one of them.