Faris set for role in 'The Dictator'

Anna Faris is being lined up to star in 'The Dictator' with Sacha Baron Cohen.

The 'House Bunny' actress is battling it out with Kristen Wiig and Gillian Jacobs to take on the part of the female lead opposite the 'Borat' star in the movie which tells the "heroic story of a dictator (Cohen) who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed".