Cocaine Bear: Keri Russell Spills on the Kills, and How the Film Embraces the Ridiculous Gore
Elizabeth Bankss starstudded dark comedy, Cocaine Bear, is fast approaching. Since it was first announced, the buzz for Pablo Escobears bigscreen debut has been nonstop. Not only is the premise pretty crazy, wacky, outthere, as star Keri Russell describes it, but it also boasts a pretty phenomenal cast. In addition to Russell, the movie stars Isiah Whitlock Jr. , Margo Martindale, Matthew Rhys, Kristofer Hivju, OShea Jackson Jr. , Alden Ehrenreich, and the late legacy, Ray Liotta. Inspired by true events that took place in the mideighties, Cocaine Bear gives a blowbyblow account of the unbelievable mishap only, with a lot more blood. When a drug runner drops an outstanding amount of cocaine on the aptlycalled Blood Mountain in Georgia, a 500pound black bear ingests a brick of it before it can be picked up. Coked up, the bear goes on a rampage, leaving a trail of gore in its wake. Unlike what actually happened, if this bear is going down, hes taking dug dealers, tourists, and cops down with
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