The British comedian behind Bruno has tightened his security after a Middle Eastern terror group issued a hostile threat against him.
The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades is "very upset" over its portrayal in Sacha Baron Cohen's film, in which he plays an Austrian homosexual fashion journalist.
The Palestinian-based terrorists said they would "respond in a suitable way", according to a statement published online.
In the film, Cohen's flamboyant Bruno character interviews Ayman Abu Aita, who he introduces as the leader of the Martyrs Brigades.
Bruno is seen imploring Mr Abu Aita to hold him captive.
"I want to be famous," Cohen says in character.
"I want the best guys in the business to kidnap me. Al Qaeda is so 2001."
The terror group, in a statement handed to a Jerusalem-based journalist, accused Cohen of perpetrating a conspiracy against the Martyrs Brigades.
"We reserve the right to respond in the way we find suitable against this man," the statement said.
"According to what we checked there was no meeting about the real context of the film.
"This was a dirty use of our brother, Ayman, and we don't accept that the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades is part of the film."
A lawyer for Mr Abu Aita reportedly said he is no longer involved with the Martyrs Brigades and plans to sue Cohen, 37.
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