How Do Filmmakers Make a Fake Cocaine Powder in Use in Movies Like Scarface?
Question by samfisherjr: How do filmmakers make a fake cocaine powder in use in movies like Scarface?
Such in the 1983 film Scarface where the main character plunges his face into a pile of cocaine. Now, the actor couldn’t actually be shoving his face into actual cocaine, and I’m told that sugar and flour have very different textures and appearances, and so would be unsuitable for appearance sake. What would have been used in this case?
Best answer:
Answer by John Clay
Hell no. Those Hollyweird types do more drugs than Scarface did.
Answer by Rhythmic
For big budget films like those, they use special made powder as the prop.
You can search prop drugs on google to see. I’m not entirely sure of the actual mixture but it is definitely not cocaine and it’s definitely not harmful.