Elizabeth Banks Answers All Our Cocaine Bear Questions

When the gonzo trailer for Cocaine Bear was unleashed in November, the combination of the B-movie premise laced with A-list actors (including the late Ray Liotta) had the internet breathlessly asking, “Is this for real?” Turns out that Elizabeth Banks wondered the same thing when the script came across her desk back in April of 2020. “I remember thinking that this can’t be based on a true story,” Banks recalls. “Then, of course, I did the deep dive into Andrew Thornton II, the drug runner whose drugs the bear got into in real life.” The basis for the screenplay is… Read Full Article