♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, WELCOME BACK,
EVERYBODY.
MY NEXT GUEST IS AN OSCAR-NOMINATED ACTRESS YOU KNOW
FROM HER ROLE AS TUTAR IN "BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM."
♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO "A
LATE SHOW," MARIA BAKALOVA!
MARIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS
WONDERFUL, HEARTWARMING SCENE THAT ALMOST MADE ME CRY.
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: NOW, WHERE ARE WE TALKING TO YOU IN THE WORLD
RIGHT NOW?
ARE YOU IN THE STATES OR ARE YOU OVERSEAS?
>> I'M ABOUT TO LEAVE SOON.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE,
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR OSCAR NOMINATION.
THAT IS WONDERFUL.
>> THANK YOU GLI CAN'T IMAGINE-- THIS IS YOUR FIRST FILM, YES?
>> IT IS MY FIRST INTERNATIONAL FILM, YUP.
>> Stephen: OKAY, SO, WHEN WE HAD SACHAO BACK IN OCTOBER, WEN
THE FILM CAME OUT, HE SAID IF MARIA DOESN'T WIN AN OSCAR FOR
THIS PERFORMANCE, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACADEMY IS FOR.
I WANT TO GET TO THE PERFORMANCE.
I WANT TO GET TO YOUR EXPERIENCE CREATING THE MOVIE.
BUT, FIRST, WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING WITH SACHA?
HAD YOU-- WERE YOU FAMILIAR WITH HIS WORK BEFORE THIS?
>> I HAVE BEEN FAMILIAR WITH SACHA'S WORK MORE AS A DRAMATIC
ACTOR BECAUSE I WATCHED FROM LES MISERABLY."
IT WAS THE YEAR I AUDITIONED FOR "BORAT AND THE SPY" WHICH WAS
BRILLIANT AND SACHA WAS BRILLIANT IN IT.
AND HOW GREAT HE IS AS A DRAMATIC ACTOR AS WELL.
BUT I FOR SOME REASON MISSED BORAT AND THE WHOLE PRODUCTION
THERE.
I WAS PRETTY SURE HE IS ONE OF THE BEST DRAMATIC ACTORS.
AND THEN I FOUND OUT THAT HE'S A GENIUS IN THE COMEDY WORLD IN
THE SATIRE WORLD, ACTUALLY.
SO IT WAS QUITE CRAZY.
AND IT'S BEEN ACTUALLY SUPER INSPIRATIONAL.
BECAUSE HE'S ONE OF THE SMARTEST PEOPLE THAT I'VE EVER MET.
AND HE'S BEEN THE GREATEST MENTOR THAT EVERY ACTOR CAN
DREAM FOR.
BECAUSE HE'S LIKE YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL ON SET, IN FRONT OF THE
CAMERA AND BEHIND THE CAMERA.
SO IT'S BEEN AMAZING.
I WANT TO BE LIKE HIM.
HE'S LIKE A HERO IN A BORAT COSTUME.
>> Stephen: WOW.
YOU KNOW WHAT, HE HAS TO BE YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL BECAUSE HE
ACTUALLY PUTS YOU IN SOME IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WHICH WE'LL
GET TO IN JUST A MOMENT.
YOU NEED A GUARDIAN ANGEL WHEN YOU'RE SHOOTING WITH SACHA BARON
COHEN.
I THINK HE NEED A GUARDIAN ANGEL, TOO.
>> HE NEEDS IT.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING HE IS A SUPER HERO IN A BORAT COSTUME.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU GOING TO ATTEND THE OSCARS?
ARE YOU GOING TO COME?
>> I'M GOING TO COME, AND I'M SUPER EXCITED BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
WATCHING THE OSCARS EVER SINCE I WAS 15, 16, ON A SMALL TV--
ACTUALLY, NOT SO FALL, FROM THE BIG ONES IN BULGARIA, AROUND
3:30, 4:30 A.M.
AND NOW IT'S BEYOND MY IMAGINATION THAT I'M GOING TO BE
IN PERSON WITH ALL THESE INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE, CREATORS.
IT'S JUST INSANE.
>> Stephen: SO YOU WATCHED IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
BEFORE THERE BECAUSE OF THE TIME DIFFERENCE?
IS THAT WHAT THE IDEA IS?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHO IS YOUR DATE?
DO YOU HAVE A DATE?
>> I THINK I'M GOG HAVE A DATE, BUT MY BIGGEST POINT IS I'M
GOING TO TRY TO ENJOY ALL OF THE OTHER NOMINEES THERE.
MY DATE PROBABLY IS GOING TO BE SOMEBODY FROM MY AGENT WHO HAVE
BEEN MY U.S. FAMILY, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE WITH SOME OF THEM.
>> Stephen: THE MOST INFAMOUS SCENE IN THE MOVIE-- OR MAYBE
NOT THE MOST INFAMOUS, BUT ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SCENES IN THE
MOVIE IS WITH YOU ALONE WITH RUDY GIULIANI.
AND I GOT-- WE'VE GOT YOU AND YOUR CHARACTER TUTAR THERE--
I'LL HOLD THIS PHOTO UP RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S YOU.
I INTERVIEWED HIM, AND THIS IS IN YOUR ROOM, NEXT DOOR TO THE
ROOM WHERE YOU INTERVIEWED HIM, AND HE CLAIMS TO BE TUCKING IN
HIS PANTS.
DID YOU THINK THAT MOMENT WOULD GET AS MUCH ATTENTION AS IT DID?
( SIGHS ) I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE
SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WILL PAY ATTENTION FOR SURE.
BECAUSE EVER SINCE I JOINED THE PROJECT, I MADE A COMMITMENT
THAT I'M GOING TO MEET SOME POLITICIAN, SOMEBODY THAT IS
GOING TO BE WORLD FAMOUS, AND I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
AND THE PRODUCER ASKED ME, AND SACHA HIMSELF.
AND I WAS LIKE YES, SURE, LET'S DO IT.
NOT THINKING ABOUT THE REACTION OF THE WORLD.
WHEN I HAD THE SCENE, I KNEW THAT SOMETHING IS GOING IN ONE
CORRECTION, WHAT IS GOING TO BE.
AND WHEN I SAW IT WITH MY EYES ON SCREEN, I WAS OH, GOD.
>> Stephen: WAS THAT A SCARY-- WAS THAT A SCARY SCENE TO DO?
BECAUSE YOU GUYS WERE ALONE?
>> FOR SURE, IT'S BEEN THE SCARIEST.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THE WHITE HOUSE WAS SCARY IN THE SAME...
BUT IT WAS SCARY BECAUSE I WAS ALONE.
THANKFULLY, SACHA WAS THERE IN THE SAME ROOM HIDING IN THE
CLOSET.
BUT WITH TWO -- BATTERY ON HIS PHONE, AND I WAS LIKE IS HE
GOING TO MAKE IT ON TIME?
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, BUT WHEN WE COME
BACK, I'LL ASK MARIA ABOUT SNEAKING INTO THE WHITE HOUSE.
SHE DID IT.
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