Cocaine Bear director Elizabeth Banks says she's NEVER done drugs

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Actress-turned-director Elizabeth Banks recently chatted with Variety about her R-rated dark comedy, Cocaine Bear, which she sees as a 'ginormous risk' for her career.The film - which is slated for a theatrical release on February 24 - centers around an American black bear that embarks on a killing spree after ingesting a duffle bag full of cocaine.It's inspired by a true story where a black bear found and consumed a multimillion dollar package of cocaine smugglers air-dropped into a Georgia forest in 1985.Though they are integral to the film's plot, Banks shared that's she's never actually experimented with drugs.'I took 'Just say no' to heart… being a goody-two-shoes played into it,' explained the Man On A Ledge star.

Risky business: Actress-turned-director Elizabeth Banks recently chatted with Variety about her R-rated dark comedy, Cocaine Bear, which she sees as a 'ginormous risk' for her career; seen in 2022'Personal safety played a big role in it.

I was a cocktail waitress for years. And I was not interested in not being sober for the sh** I saw.' With its R-rated gore, eyebrow-raising title, and off the wall storyline, Cocaine Bear is undoubtedly a huge shift for Banks, whose directorial resume includes the musical-comedy Pitch Perfect 2.'This could be a career ender for me,' she confessed.Cocaine Bear boasts a budget of around $30million, with much of it going to bringing the ferocious drug-fueled bear to life through CGI.The film's script - penned by screenwriter Jimmy Warden - was presented to Banks early in Pandemic after producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller locked in a first-look-deal with Universal Pictures.