Kentucky Sports Radio · Aug 23, 2021
"Cocaine Bear" begins production
Christopher Miller/via TwitterThe Elizabeth Banks directed film starring Kentucky’s very own Cocaine Bear has begun production.
The Universal Pictures film, described as a “character-driven thriller” highlights the events of the infamous Bluegrass Conspiracy.
The Bluegrass Conspiracy
Kentucky native and blue blood Andrew Thornton II was found dead after jumping from a plane strapped with over $15 million worth of cocaine in 1985.
Thornton was also found with gold bars and was wearing Gucci loafers in a scene Hollywood would struggle to invent.
The cocaine was then found by an unlucky bear in the Tennessee forest where Thornton had jumped. Thus, the Cocaine Bear was born.