Maria Bakalova Describes Herself as a Person of Extremes, Particularly When It Comes to Her Acting Career

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"Movies are meant to make you think. In a recent interview, the Oscar-nominated actor said, "I don't think it's supposed to be something in the middle."

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"What was really the point," she questioned, "of seeing a movie if it doesn't make you feel something?"

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Bakalova is both a star and a producer in her latest project, "The Honeymoon." She said she hopes to do more producing in the future.

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She said, "The older I get, the more I want to be behind the camera." She also said that more women should write and direct.

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The comedy "The Honeymoon," which can now be rented or streamed, is full to the brim with outrageous situations.

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The drug-and-toilet-humor comedy seems far from her first dream of acting in Dogme 95 films led by Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg.

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The Bulgarian actress was so enamored with Danish cinema that she convinced her parents to move her to Copenhagen to work at von Trier's production firm.

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After her breakthrough appearance in "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm," she understood diverse genres might achieve similar aims.

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In addition to her career as an actress, Bakalova's other ambition is to one day become acquainted with the flautist Lizzo.

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