---
title: "There’s a Bulletproof Tesla in the New Brothers Grimsby Trailer"
description: "Latest from Sacha Baron Cohen, the man behind Borat and Ali G, stars a vintage Rolls-Royce and secret agent Tesla."
date: "2015-12-15"
modified: "2015-12-15"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/1300/theres-a-bulletproof-tesla-in-the-new-brothers-grimsby-trailer"
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# There’s a Bulletproof Tesla in the New Brothers Grimsby Trailer

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A stock [Tesla Model S](<https://www.autoblog.com/tesla/model+s/>) can't really deflect gun fire, but we can see what this would look like thanks to the magic of movies. The all-electric sedan will be, at least in a theatrical sense, bulletproof. All for the sake of a gag.

The movie in question is the upcoming *The Brothers Grimsby*, which stars English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen (famous for playing Ali G and Borat) playing a hapless kidult. The premise is that two orphaned brothers are separated at childhood, and while one becomes a feared assassin, the Cohen character turns out to be a mutton-chopped hooligan. How silly is he? Well, one of the comedy riffs involves the rather dim Cohen opening the window of the "bulletproof" [Tesla](<https://www.autoblog.com/tesla/>) to tease opposing gunmen. We'll see what *Rotten Tomatoes* has to say about that (and the film in general, but that's another story).

Exposure for high-end vehicles in the movies is nothing new, and has been prominently practiced in the long-running [James Bond](<https://www.autoblog.com/tag/james+bond/>) series of spy flicks for the past 50-odd years. There are other examples as well. 2003's *The Italian Job*certainly made a good case for driving [Mini Coopers](<https://www.autoblog.com/mini/>) (the newer, BMW-owned versions) fast and around lots of obstacles. More recently, the 2011 Tom Cruise, uh, vehicle, *Mission: Impossible – [Ghost](<https://www.autoblog.com/rolls_royce/ghost/>) Protocol* featured a [prototype version of what would become the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid](<https://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/27/bmw-i8-mission-impossible-ghost-protocol-vision/>). And what, of course, could have had a bigger role in the worldwide popularity of the [Jaguar](<https://www.autoblog.com/jaguar/>) XK-E Hearse than 1971's *Harold and Maude* or the [Fisker Karma in *Paranoia*](<https://www.autoblog.com/2013/07/31/fisker-karma-playing-status-symbol-in-paranoia-movie/>)? On second thought, don't answer those.

Keep an eye out for *The Brothers Grimsby* and that bulletproof (and oh-so-Bond-like right-hand-drive) [Model S](<https://www.autoblog.com/tesla/model+s/>) in cinemas next March. For now, you can take a look at the slightly NSFW [trailer](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-xWokFJztY>) below.

*This article originally appeared on [Autoblog](<https://www.autoblog.com/2015/12/15/brothers-grimsby-star-bulletproof-tesla-model-s/>).*

https://youtube.com/embed/S-xWokFJztY

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