Black Panther and Creed director Ryan Coogler arrested after being mistaken for bank robber

One of the bank’s tellers called the police after apparently 'misinterpreting' the situation.

Ryan Coogler. File Picture: Gage Skidmore/ Wikimedia Commons

Ryan Coogler, director of the acclaimed films Black Panther and Creed 2, was arrested at a bank in Atlanta earlier this year following a police mix-up in which he was mistaken for a bank robber.

The 35-year-old filmmaker was briefly arrested after he tried to withdraw $12,000 from his own bank account at a branch in the city of Atlanta on January 7.