Why Keri Russell Did ‘Cocaine Bear’: ‘Why the F*ck’ Not?

Keri Russell’s six-season run on The Americans will rightfully be canonized among the greatest dramatic performances in TV history. But the actress has only appeared in two projects since the series wrapped in 2018, one of which, December 2019’s Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, was filmed while The Americans was still airing. By the time the Star Wars press tour had wrapped, famously, a pandemic happened.

Three years later, Russell is now starring in a new project, which is certainly exciting. That it’s a movie titled Cocaine Bear—literally about a bear who is on cocaine—begs several questions, such as: What? Why? And, to drive home the point: What the hell?

“Well, obviously, I'm always gunning for Oscar nominations, which is why I chose an award-worthy project like Cocaine Bear,” Russell tells The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, erupting into a laughing fit on the phone before deadpanning: “I just feel like that award show needs a little spice in its repertoire.”

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