Variety today reported that the deal to have Sacha Baron Cohen play Adolfo Pirelli in Tim Burton's Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd has been made and he's set to absolutely steal the show. Cohen is king of the hill as far as anyone is concerned for the "music hall foreigner" characterizations he is so good at, and this will be a great showcase of just how over-the-top and at once restrained he can be. Many comic actors out there just scream "look at me, look at me" by sailing too far over the top, but Cohen is content to choose when to push the boundaries (or leave them in his wake) and when to hold back. Unlike many successful American comedians, he will probably not refuse non-leads, and instead choose the roles that are really worth his time, no matter how large or small they may be. Cohen's the real thing.