Mindy Kaling Says People Think She's Sandra Bullock's Assistant on 'Ocean's Eight' Set

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Mindy Kaling says she's never "felt more unfamous" in her life.

The 37-year-old comedian stopped by Late Night With Seth Meyers on Wednesday and opened up about her experience filming Ocean's Eight, the all-female spinoff of Steven Soderbergh's Ocean’s Eleven.


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Kaling, who stars alongside Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Sarah Paulson and comedian Awkwafina, says working alongside her A-list co-stars has been quite the adventure.

"With that group of women, I’ve never felt so unfamous in my life,” Kaling told Meyers. "Like, I thought I was pretty cool. I have my own show. People think I’m Sandra Bullock’s assistant and they’re like, ‘Get out of the way! We need to bring Sandra her matcha tea.’ I’m like, ‘I’m in a scene with her. I’m not her assistant.’ Then I’m like, ‘OK! Whatever. I’ll give her her matcha tea. Might as well.’"

She also recalled a hilarious encounter with paparazzi. "It’s interesting because there’s so much paparazzi there for Rihanna. There’s movie/TV famous, and then there’s international pop star famous, which is at a whole other level," she said. "We shot a scene, all eight of us together recently, and when we walked outside there was this huge [group of] paparazzi. I was talking to Anne Hathaway and Rihanna was kind of behind us, and there was a sea of paparazzi taking photos and everything like that. I was feeling kind of cool and famous. Then Rihanna took a left to her trailer, which was not in the same direction that me and Anne were going, and the paparazzi left so quickly."


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"It was like a desert," she said jokingly. "Anne and I were talking and I was trying to have a sexy conversation with Anne Hathaway, and no one’s around or cares even."

Meyers then showed the audience a photo of Kaling, Hathaway and Rihanna on set. "I’m wearing a gorgeous coat, outfit. I'm showing a lot of leg, expensive shoes. Anne’s wearing a leopard coat," Kaling explained. "Rihanna’s wearing a full parka and baggy jeans. They shoved me out of the way to get to her. 'Get out of the way, Sandra Bullock’s assistant. We want to talk to Rihanna.'"


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ET spoke to Hathaway in September about her Ocean's Eight co-stars. The film marks her first project since giving birth to her son, Jonathan, in March.

"They are fun and a lot of them are moms, so I am excited that my first film back as a mom, I get to work with women who have done it before and I get to ask them questions about that," she gushed.