When Bulgarian actress Maria Bakalova auditioned for Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” in May 2018, she had no idea how wild the ride was going to get.
Bakalova aced the audition and won the part of Borat’s naïve 15-year-old daughter Tutar, who is brought to the U.S. to be offered to Vice President Mike Pence as a bribe., which premiered on Amazon in October, received raves for the actress’ surprisingly poignant portrait of a young woman who breaks free from her father’s and society’s demeaning, sexist notions.
When we first see Tutar in the movie, she is kept in a cage and horribly mistreated by her father. Was it difficult to play a victimized character like that? I heard Sacha say in an interview that sometimes he was confused about whether he was Borat or himself. The same was true for me. You can call it “Method acting!” Quite often, I felt like ITutar. After a while, you think it’s a normal day in your life. You also feel so much adrenaline in your body. The excitement, the crazy rush, it’s like you are hypnotized.
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