Cocaine Bear director on tackling the R-rated horror-comedy

Published: March 10, 2023, 9 p.m.

Director-producer Elizabeth Banks understood the challenges of making the mixed-genre horror-comedy \u201cCocaine Bear.\u201d

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\xa0\u201cI knew that if we could just create inside the movie the sense of chaos that the bear represented, that the title represented, that the ride was for theater goers, the comedy really came second to me,\u201d she states. \u201cI didn't want to make a comedy, if you will. It ended up being really funny, though.\u201d

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Banks talks about hearing the call of destiny with \u201cCocaine Bear,\u201d releasing the raunchy R-rated horror-comedy in theaters, working with Ray Liotta, and how she has dealt with failures in her career.

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