>> James: PLEASE WELCOME THE
INCREDIBLY TALENTED MARIA BAKALOVA! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
HI! >> HI. >> James: HOW ARE YOU? SUPER HAPPY, SURE NERVOUS. EXCITED, MAYBE MORE NERVOUS THAN
WHEN SHOOTING THE MOVIE. >> NO, YOU CAN'T BE MORE NERVOUS
WHEN YOU'RE SHOOTING THE MOVIE THAN TO BE HERE NOW. WE SHOULD SAY THIS IS YOUR FIRST
TIME ON A LATE-NIGHT TALK SHOW. >> YEAH. AND WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT
YOU'RE HERE. WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE. EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING
TO YOU SINCE THE FILM CAME OUT, THE FILM IS OBVIOUSLY A HUGE
HIT, YOUR PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN SINGLED OUT BY EVERYBODY. WHAT'S LIFE BEEN LIKE SINCE THE
FILM CAME OUT? >> WHAT LIFE'S BEEN LIKE, I'M
LUCKY TO LIVE HERE RIGHT NOW BUT AT THE SAME TIME I'M LUCKY THAT
IT'S NOT A GOOD THINGS BECAUSE COVID SAVED ME. I'M KIND OF WORRIED ABOUT IF
COVID DOESN'T EXIST AND PEOPLE DON'T WEAR MASKS THEY WILL
PROBABLY RECOGNIZE ME AND ESPECIALLY GIRLS ARE GOING TO
SAY HELLO TO ME LIKE, HI! ( LAUGHTER )
>> James: I THINK THE REASON PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT YOU
AND YOUR CAREER RIGHT NOW IS YOU HAVE TO ALL OF US COME FROM
NOWHERE. YOU MADE A COUPLE OF FILMS IN
BULGARIA BEFORE. >> YEAH. >> James: YOU HAVEN'T DONE A
COMEDY OR IMPROV BEFORE, AND 600 OTHER ACTORS AUDITIONED FOR THIS
PART. TALK TO ME ABOUT THE AUDITION
PROCESS FOR A FILM LIKE BORAT. >> YEAH, I'M COMING FROM
BULGARIA, BUT, ACTUALLY, WHEN I DID THE RECORDING, I DID IT AT
5:00 A.M. AFTER THE UNIVERSITY AND MY FRIEND SHOWED IT AS A
JOKE. I THOUGHT, IT'S NOT A REAL
AUDITION THEY'RE GOING TO DO HUMAN TRAFFICKING ON ME. >> James: THAT'S HONESTLY
WHERE YOUR MIND WENT. >> YEAH. >> James: THEN YOU SEND IN THE
TAPE, YOU REALIZE YOU'RE NOT BEING HUMAN TRAFFICKED. HOW MANY AWE CIGSINGS DO YOU GO
THROUGH BEFORE YOU AUDITION FOR IMPROV WITH SACHA. >> IT WAS AFTER MY GRADUATION
AND I FINALLY HAD MY DIPLOMA AND I'M IMPROVISING SOMETHING THAT
MY DADDY IS THE BEST DADDY IN THE WHOLE FLAT WORLD BECAUSE HE
GIVES ME CIGARETTES, HE ALLOWS ME TO DRINK AND EVERYTHING IS
AMAZING. SO I SENT ANOTHER ONE AND
ANOTHER ONE AND PROBABLY TWO MORE AFTER THAT. I FLY TO ENGLAND, MY MOM WAS
CRYING, SHE WAS, LIKE, AM I EVER GOING TO SEE YOU AGAIN? I WAS, LIKE, MAYBE. MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE ALL
RIGHT. BUT, AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS,
LIKE, IT'S GOING TO BE MY FIRST TIME TRAVELING ALONE, I HAVE TO
DO IT. I WENT THERE AND SACHA WAS
THERE, AN THAT'S HOW I STARTED. >> James: THERE WAS SO MUCH
SECRECY SURROUNDING THE MOVIE, I MEAN, AM I RIGHT THAT YOU
COULDN'T EVEN TELL YOUR PARENTS WHAT YOU WERE DOING WHILST YOU
WERE FILMING THE FILM. SO WHEN DID THEY KNOW? WHAT DID THEY THINK WHEN THEY
SAW THE FILM? >> MY MOM -- MY MOM FaceTimeED
ME AFTER SHE WATCHED THE MOVIE, AND SHE WAS SO SAD. ( LAUGHTER )
HER EYES WERE FULL OF TEARS. SHE WAS CRYING FOR MAYBE TWO
HOURS BECAUSE SHE'S KIND OF A MASOCHIST, OBVIOUSLY, SHE
WATCHED IT TWICE, AND SHE WAS EVEN MORE SAD. ( LAUGHTER )
SHE WAS, LIKE -- ( CRYING )
-- TUTAR -- IT'S SO SAD! ( LAUGHTER )
>> James: ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT SCENES WAS YOUR
INCIDENT WITH RUDY GIULIANI. WHAT WAS IT LIKE FILMING THAT
INTERVIEW? >> NERVE RACKING. MY HEART WAS RACING AND I WAS
NERVOUS. I WAS SCARED. NOT SCARED SCARED BECAUSE SACHA
WAS IN THE CLOSET, BUT -- >> James: FOR SURE. AND WHEN SACHA OR BORAT BURSTS
OUT AND WHEN HE'S DOING ALL THOSE THINGS AND RUDY GIULIANI
LEAVES, ARE YOU AND THE CREW, LIKE, YEAH, GREAT, THAT'S GOOD,
THAT'S HOW IT WORKS OUT. IS THAT HOW IT WORKED OUT AT THE
END OF A SHOOT DAY FOR ONE OF THOSE SCENES? >> RUDY GIULIANI DID ACTUALLY
CALL THE POLICE, BUT WE DID NOTHING ILLEGAL. >> James: SURE. SO WE LEFT THE PLACE
TOGETHER, AND SO HOW WE CAN RUN TOGETHER AND WE'RE HAPPY. IT'S LIKE A FAMILY MOMENT. >> James: SO WHEN YOU KNOW
THAT HE'S CALLED -- WHEN YOU KNOW THAT RUDY GIULIANI'S CALLED
THE POLICE, DO YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF THERE QUITE QUICK? >> YEAH. ( LAUGHTER )
>> James: SO YOU'RE, LIKE, HE'S CALLED THE POLICE AND HE'S
PACKING UP ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND YOU'RE IN A VAN AND YOU'RE GONE? >> YEAH. ( LAUGHTER )
>> James: WELL, I GOT TO TELL YOU, I THINK YOUR PERFORMANCE IN
THE FILM IS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT AND IT'S WORTHY OF ALL OF THE
PRAISE YOU'RE GETTING IS ABSOLUTELY DESERVED. YOU COULD CHECK OUT MARIA IN
BORAT'S SUBSEQUENT MOVIE FILM STREAMING NOW ON AMAZON PRIME
VIDEO. MARIA BAKALOVA, EVERYBODY! WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THESE
MESSAGES! ♪
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