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Elizabeth Banks on walking a fine line between comedy and horror

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Actress and film-maker Elizabeth Banks isn’t content playing within the confines of Hollywood. No, she would rather push the envelope and stretch the imagination.

And this is wonderfully manifested in her latest film, Cocaine Bear. Interestingly, this was one of Ray Liotta’s final projects before he died on May 26 last year.

Banks cemented her career in Tinseltown with an extensive string of rom-coms among her other projects. As such, comedy became a playground where she flourished.

And this is manifested in projects

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