“Cocaine Bear” is a specifically ordinary enjoy for lovers of “The American citizens” — the critically-acclaimed FX drama about Soviet spies dwelling undercover as a married couple in america. Those are two very other depictions of existence within the ’80s, however they do percentage 3 actors. Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys, who performed the lead undercover agent couple of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings in “The American citizens,” and persona actress Margo Martindale, who received two Emmys for enjoying the spies’ handler, Claudia.
Russell has the largest position of the 3 in “Cocaine Bear,” enjoying the heroic nurse Sari. Martindale performs the park ranger Liz, who will get injured through the endure after which killed whilst in an ambulance for her earlier accidents. Rhys has the smallest position of the 3, necessarily a glorified cameo within the opening scene, however he has the ordinary difference of enjoying the one persona at once in accordance with an actual individual — the drug smuggler Andrew C. Thornton II.
Although there are not any direct references to “The American citizens” in “Cocaine Bear,” alternatively, the number of one persona name seems like an homage to the collection. The best buddy of Sari’s daughter Dee Dee (Brooklynn Prince) is called Henry (Christian Convery) — the similar name because the Jennings’ son in “The American citizens.” Listening to Sari again and again name out Henry’s name all through the movie will indisputably convey again recollections for lovers of “The American citizens.”
