Ngeqhaza lendima e-Pseudocumental Memody "Brata" noComedian Sasha Baron Cohen ngonyaka we-2007 banikezwa umklomelo weGolden Globe, kepha akufikanga ekuphakanyisweni komuntu ngamunye kwe-Oscar. Ngemuva cishe kweshumi nanye nengxenye eyishumi nambili, uCohen wabuyela emfanekisweni wentatheli kaKazakhstan Brata Sagdiev eBrata 2, kodwa kulokhu umlingisi ufisa impumelelo e-Oscare, kanye nozakwabo uMariya Bakalova. Engxoxweni yakamuva yevidiyo ekusekelweni kwe-movie yakho entsha ithi:
Ungumlingisi omangalisayo. Uma sifuna umdlali ofanele, sasilalela abesifazane abasebasha abangama-600 abavela emhlabeni wonke, futhi kwaba nzima kakhulu. Ngikubheka njengomunye wabalingisi abanesibindi kakhulu emlandweni. Uma ingatholi ukuqokwa kwe-Oscar, kuzoba ngandlela thile. Uyahlekisa kakhulu, kepha ngasikhathi sinye uyakwazi ukudlala lesi sehlakalo, esizokukwenza ukhale. Kwakuyiliphi ikhono okwamvumela ukuba athole indima. Lapho sidubula isigameko segebe, kwadingeka ngimise umsebenzi, ngoba ngangikhungathekile ngemizwa. Kukhethekile. Cabanga ngomuntu oqala ukuza eMelika ukuyodlala i-heroine, ephenduka abe ezimweni ezinyantisayo. Wabhekana nakho konke lokhu. Umdlalo wakhe isambulo.
EBote 2, iBakalalov eneminyaka engama-24 ubudala yenza indodakazi eneminyaka engu-15 yomlingiswa oyinhloko. Ngasikhathi sinye, hhayi nje kuphela uCohen asakujabulela umlingisi osemusha waseBulgacia, kodwa futhi nabagxeki ababephawula amandla akhe okuhambisana namahlaya ka-cohen afaneleka.