Black Panther director Ryan Coogler was mistaken for bank robber and ARRESTED after a passing note to pregnant Bank of America cashier asking them to withdraw $12,000 from his account and count it 'discreetly'
By Jennifer Smith
Daily Mail
March 9, 2022
Black Panther director Ryan Coogler was mistaken for a bank robber and briefly arrested in January after walking into a Bank of America in Atlanta wearing sunglasses, a hat and a mask and asking the cashier to 'discreetly' withdraw $12,000 from his account.
The incident occurred sometime in January but was revealed by TMZ on Wednesday morning. Coogler, 35, walked into the bank wearing a green hoodie, black beanie and sunglasses.
He passed the cashier a note which read: 'I would like to withdraw $12,000 CASH from my checking account.
Coogler is shown walking into the Bank of America wearing a hat, glasses and a mask
'Please do the money count somewhere else. I'd like to be discreet.'
It remains unclear why he needed the money, or why two others had driven him there in an SUV to retrieve it.
Black Panther director Ryan Coogler
is shown in January in a Bank of America in Atlanta passing a note to
the teller asking for $12,000 'in cash'. He was arrested after she
called police
This is the note Coogler passed to
the teller. It reads: 'I would like to withdraw $12,000 CASH from my
checking account. 'Please do the money count somewhere else. I'd like to
be discreet'
The note spooked the cashier, who was described in the police report as a 'pregnant black woman'.
She called police claiming Coogler was a bank robber.
Police arrived and detained two people who were waiting for him in an SUV parked outside.
TMZ reports that they then went inside the bank and placed Coogler in handcuffs too.
Once they realized it was a misunderstanding, they let him go.
Coogler was furious about the mistake and demanded the badge numbers of the cops involved, according to the report.
He lives in California. Coogler told Variety this morning: 'This situation should never have happened.
'However, Bank of America worked with me and addressed it to my satisfaction and we have moved on.'
A Bank of America spokesman told DailyMail.com: 'We deeply regret that this incident occurred.
'It never should have happened and we have apologized to Mr. Coogler.'
The movie director has been in Atlanta for the last several months filming the sequel to Black Panther, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
The production has been besieged by cast injuries and vaccine rows.
Letitia Wright, who will reprise her role as Shuri, was severely injured while filming in August last year in Boston.
It is unclear what exactly happened, but the actress suffered a concussion and fractured shoulder while performing a stunt on-set.
In a note to the cast and crew in November last year, Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito and Nate Moore of Marvel Studios called it a 'frightening' accident.
The sequel is due to be released on November 11, 2022. It will no doubt be a box office hit, following on from the record-breaking success of the first movie.
Fans are eager to see how the story will playout in the absence of Chadwick Boseman, the franchise's beloved central star who died from cancer in August 2020.
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