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Borat: Sacha Baron Cohen on Retiring Character, Ethics, Close Calls
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Sacha Baron Cohen shot to superstardom after taking one of his most popular characters to the big screen in Borat Sagiyev, the fictional abrasive bigoted journalist from Kazakhstan in the 2006 film
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan exposing red-state America in the mirror for the purposes of satire. He did it again with another character he also previously created on
Da Ali G Show in
Bruno in 2009 to lackluster reception. When
Donald Trump won the presidency, Cohen revived the character again in
Maria Bakalova on Borat scene with Rudy Giuliani: It s about how he treated me . Maria Bakalova is weighing in on her Borat Subsequent Movie scene with Rudy Giuliani.
Borat 2 Star Maria Bakalova Talks Nerve-Racking Rudy Giuliani Scene: I Prepared Myself People 2/17/2021
Appearing virtually on
The Ellen DeGeneres Show Wednesday, the 24-year-old Bulgarian actress admitted that it was nerve-racking filming the Sacha Baron Cohen movie s most controversial scene with the former New York City mayor.
In the scene, Bakalova, who plays Borat s daughter Tutar Sagdiyev in the film, poses as a journalist interviewing Giuliani, 76. After their interview, Bakalova invites the politician into a hotel bedroom for a drink, and then tries to take off Giuliani s microphone. Giuliani is then seen leaning back onto a bed and appears to put his hand down the front of his pants. It is unclear if he s adjusting his shirt. (Giuliani has called the clip a complete fabrication ).
Borat Subsequent Movie scene with Rudy Giuliani.
The 24-year-old Bulgarian actress reflected on her controversial scene with Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and an attorney for president Donald Trump, during Wednesday s episode of
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Bakalova played Tutar Sagdiyev, the daughter of Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen), in
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, which premiered in October. In one scene, Tutar (Bakalova) interviews Giuliani, who is unaware he is being filmed by the Borat team.
After the interview, Giuliani and Bakalova s Tutar move into the bedroom of a hotel suite. Giuliani is seen asking for Tutar s phone number and address, patting Tutar on the back and lying down with his hand in his pants before Cohen s Borat bursts in the room.