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'Cocaine Bear' Filming Locations: Where Was It Filmed?

If you might be questioning where the highly expected film 'Cocaine Bear' was filmed, we've got carried out some digging. Here's everything we discovered.

Allison DeGrushe - Author

After literal years of anticipation, a cinematic masterpiece is upon us in the type of Cocaine Bear. The upcoming dark comedy movie is loosely inspired by the true story of an American black bear that ingested a duffel bag stuffed with cocaine in 1985, however unlike its movie counterpart, the actual "Cocaine Bear" did not kill any individual.

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The extremely expected flick options an ensemble solid that comes with the likes of Keri Russell, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Christian Convery, Brooklynn Prince, Alden Ehrenreich, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Margo Martindale, and Ray Liotta in one among his ultimate performances ahead of his dying. Now, we could cross on and on concerning the solid, however we wish to flip our attention to the setting.

With that stated, where was Cocaine Bear filmed? Stick around to learn about the filming locations.

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Where was 'Cocaine Bear' filmed?

Despite the tale happening in Georgia, the studio took production overseas — but where? Do you've got any guesses? If you can't bring to mind a location, don't agonize as a result of we're here to let you know Cocaine Bear was filmed in Ireland!

Principal pictures happened basically in County Wicklow, a province simply south of Dublin within the east of Ireland that stood in for the woods of Georgia. Additional filming locations come with Powerscourt, Avoca, Dalkey Island, and Barnislingan Woods, the latter of which is situated in County Dublin.

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Ahead of the action-comedy movie's unlock, director Elizabeth Banks and much of the forged, together with Alden Ehrenreich and O'Shea Jackson Jr., spoke with Joe and mentioned how much they liked filming in Ireland.

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"I loved filming in Ireland, such a beautiful place. Amazing people, great crew," Elizabeth instructed the outlet. "We truly couldn't have been happier there. My kids loved it. They took sailing lessons at Dublin Harbour. We went kayaking. I lived in Dalkey, which was gorgeous. So I just loved being there."

She added that Ireland "was a perfect match to Georgia. People can't believe [it] when they see the movie. They can't believe it's not Georgia." We just so happen to be the majority of the ones folks.

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"Yeah, I loved it! I went into Dublin, I walked around Phoenix Park. We love Ireland," Alden informed Joe. "Just the people were the greatest, funnest, coolest people in the world. We lived in Dalkey, which was so gorgeous. Being in the countryside, it was beautiful ... it was the greatest, I love it."

O'Shea also commented on filming in Ireland, stating that he "had my personal trainer out there, Mr. Paul Byrne. He gave me my first pint of Guinness, [and] I've been chasing that ever since." The actor endured, "Ireland will always have a piece of my heart. That's the last trip I took with my uncle before he passed away. So, Ireland is a key part of my memory and my heart."

Cocaine Bear hits theaters on Friday, Feb. 24.

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