When Elizabeth Banks offered the Oscar for greatest visible results on the ninety fifth Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday night time, she shared the stage with one in every of Hollywood’s hottest characters.
Banks, who directed this yr’s field workplace smash “Cocaine Bear,” introduced the nominees alongside a co-presenter sporting a full bear costume. Banks’ new thriller, which has earned $65 million globally because it opened simply weeks in the past in theaters, is impressed by the true story of a 175-pound black bear in Georgia 40 years in the past that ingested a large dose of cocaine apparently dropped from a aircraft piloted by a convicted drug smuggler.
“I not too long ago directed the movie ‘Cocaine Bear,'” Banks mentioned on the Oscars. “And with out visible results, that is what the bear would appear to be. It is terrifying.”
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“What’re you doing? Cease it,” Banks informed the costumed bear. “Are you making an attempt to attain proper now? It is advisable to wait ’til the after celebration like all people else.”
Banks went on to spotlight the significance of visible results in bringing tales to life onscreen.
“The coke will not be actual. It is visible results,” she mentioned earlier than segueing right into a artistic introduction for every of the yr’s nominees on this class: “All Quiet on the Western Entrance,” “Prime Gun: Maverick,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually,” “The Batman,” and the eventual winner, “Avatar: The Manner of Water,”
“‘Avatar’ is visible results. ‘All Quiet on the Western Entrance’? That is visible results. It was an actual conflict, however actual visible results. Batman flying round — that is not actual. Tom Cruise flying round is actual, but additionally, visible results,” she mentioned of the “Maverick” actor well-known for performing his personal stunts.
“Wakanda? Wakanda is completely actual,” Banks continued, including, “Visible results can improve any story and are an unbelievable instrument for a filmmaker like me. With out visible results, ‘Cocaine Bear’ would have been some actor in a bear swimsuit … most likely on cocaine.”
The award for greatest visible results was the primary win of the night time for “Avatar: The Manner of Water,” which was nominated this yr in 4 classes, together with greatest image.