There’s been a lot of hype leading up to the release of the new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elizabeth-banks">Elizabeth Banks</a> film, “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">Cocaine Bear</a>,” and now the director is addressing one potentially sensitive scene featuring kids doing hard drugs.
The 48-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">star</a> discussed her decision to include the scene during an <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/features/elizabeth-banks-cocaine-bear-gory-1235515340/">interview</a> with Variety, admitting it was “controversial” yet necessary for the script.
&#8220;It was definitely controversial. There were conversations about, &#8216;should we age up these characters?&#8217; We all kind of held hands and we were like, &#8216;Guys, they&#8217;ve got to be 12.&#8217; It&#8217;s their innocence being tested,&#8221; she said. &#8220;That&#8217;s what was interesting to me about that scene.&#8221;
Producer Christopher Miller agreed, saying their inclusion of 12-year-olds was intentional, 
&#8220;It&#8217;s the naïveté of the kids that makes it okay. It&#8217;s what makes it so tense and funny. It doesn&#8217;t work if they&#8217;re teenagers,” he said. “It has to be that age where you don&#8217;t know anything, but you want to pretend like you do.&#8221;
Moviegoers are hyped for the upcoming release of “Cocaine Bear.” The movie is based on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-movie-about-a-murderous-bear-jacked-up-on-cocaine-set-to-sweep-the-academy-awards">true story</a> of a 175-pound black bear that allegedly died of an overdose after ingesting cocaine that was reportedly thrown out of a plane by a convicted drug smuggler in 1985. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said the bear was found in northern Georgia surrounded by 40 open plastic containers that contained traces of cocaine.
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The film will take a lot of creative liberty, depicting the bear going on a wild rampage through a nearby town while hunting for more cocaine. This original and unexpected premise has potential viewers excited to see something new. Banks told the publication she wanted to make a &#8220;muscular and masculine&#8221; movie and &#8220;break down some of the mythology around what kinds of movies women are interested in making.&#8221;
Banks said she insisted on keeping the title provocative to entice more viewers. &#8220;I lived through [the 2008 comedy] ‘Zach and Miri Make a Porno,’ and the title was a problem,&#8221; she said. &#8220;But I think ‘Zach and Miri Make a Porno’ now would be like, &#8216;Whatever.&#8217; I don&#8217;t really think anyone would even shy away from it. Because words don&#8217;t matter anymore. Words really don&#8217;t matter anymore.&#8221;
The actress also told Variety she has never personally tried cocaine because she’s a “goody two shoes.”
“Cocaine Bear” premieres in theaters on February 24.

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