Maria Bakalova made a splash – and headlines – getting on a big bed in “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” with Rudy Giuliani. She sparked comment this fall as a spunky Ivana Trump in “The Apprentice,” a chronicle of Donald Trump’s humble origins and astounding rise.

So where in the Bulgarian star’s profile does this week’s spectacularly violent war drama “Dirty Angels” slot?

“I quickly jumped aboard this because Martin Campbell is such a legend,” she explained in a Zoom interview, praising the veteran director best known for ensuring Daniel Craig’s 007 career with “Casino Royale” and making Antonio Banderas an international action star with “The Mask of Zorro.”

“You can only dream to work with someone like Martin because there’s so much to learn from him. That this is my first action movie means making the best move with him.”

“Dirty Angels” only sounds like a popcorn pic, for there’s grit and regret in an action thriller sprung from a multi-million dollar ransom kidnapping of a group of schoolgirls in Afghanistan.

Eva Green – yes, Campbell launched her career in “Casino Royale” as well – is Jake, the leader of an all-female commando unit deciding to liberate the captives by posing as members of a relief organization.

Bakalova’s character is the quiet one, known simply as The Bomb.

“She’s an expert in everything that’s related to building bombs, dismantling bombs. Her background is in chemistry, biology, electronics, everything that’s related to fireworks, because that’s her background. Her parents had this fireworks company,

“She’s been very careful about how to create a bomb. When we meet her I believe she’s, let’s say 22 or 23, the youngest part of the team.”

You might think the Bomb is Bulgarian, but you’d be wrong.

“We decided that we’re going to build it based on the fact that there’s a lot of Eastern European community in the US. But they’re based in Georgia — and that’s how everything started.

“I went to the States when I was 22 in person,” Bakalova said.  “We figured she went to the States when she was seven. I have a friend that moved to the States when they were younger, and it’s something more strange.

“Because you’re not born here, you probably don’t really speak the language. But you somehow understand and express yourself more in that second language that is not really your native realm.

“So you can see, she’s somehow insider and outsider. She will always be a foreigner.

“But when you look at the team, all of them are coming from different places, united by the mission to save these girls. To do something bigger than being just about me, right?”

“Dirty Angels” is available on streaming platforms and VOD