Elizabeth Banks Says Cocaine Bear Has Some Complex Themes, But 'Lives Up To The Title'

Jan 10 2023 by /Film

 

If "Cocaine Bear" doesn't thrill you just from its title alone, rest assured, director Elizabeth Banks (of "The Hunger Games" fame, director of "Charlie's Angels") promises that while the movie surely does "live up to its title," there are stronger themes underneath the surface of her film just waiting to be discovered by audiences.

"Cocaine Bear" is inspired, but not completely based on a true story. In 1985, a drug runner dropped an entire duffel bag full of cocaine into a forest which was...

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