'She was like, 'Great, see you in Ireland!'
, Russell revealed just how her husband ended up in the movie."We were all getting ready to go to Ireland to shoot and Matthew had read it – I was like, 'You've got to read this'," she said."He got to the first scene and he said, 'Who's playing that guy?' and I said, 'I don't know.'
“He said, 'Text [director Elizabeth] Banks and tell her I want to play that guy', so I did," continued Russell."They knew each other from a long time ago, so she was like, 'Great, see you in Ireland!'" The film, which is loosely based on a true story, sees a bear go on a killing spree after ingesting 500 lbs of cocaine, and it was this"wild" premise that attracted Russell to the role.
"Liz called me, we were on the phone talking about this other project [that was] very different in tone to," she began."She called me the next day and said, 'Hey, do you want to read this other crazy thing that I'm directing?' and I was like, 'Yes.'
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