Bruno in nude photo shoot

LET IT HANG OUT: Bruno poses nude in this photo shoot for GQ magazine.

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Sacha Baron Cohen strips down as his naked alter ego - the flamboyantly gay Austrian fashionista Bruno - for the July cover of GQ magazine.

He sports a tanned glow and a shaggy head of highlighted hair, and is artfully posed.

The actor-comedian's 2006 movie, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, was a surprise box-office hit.

His new film, Bruno, is scheduled for release July 10. Reviews have so far been positive, with The Sun praising a preview screening.

"To say Bruno makes uncomfortable viewing is an understatement of Battle of Britain proportions," the reviewer said.

"When I wasn't giggling like a 14-year-old, I was cowering behind my hands. And I wasn't just hiding from the acres of 'kugelsack', Bruno's word for the lunchbox, shown during the 90 minutes."

The Sun's review wrapped with high praise, describing Bruno as the "funniest movie I have seen since, well, Sacha Baron Cohen's last. Unmissable."

Baron Cohen staged an elaborate prank at the MTV Movie Awards.

In character as Bruno, he descended from the ceiling on a wire in a fake mishap that ended with his bare hindquarters in rapper Eminem's face.

Eminem stormed off in a huff, but later said he was in on the joke. Paris Hilton later admitted she had turned down a role in the prank.

- AP