"Black Panther" and "Creed" director Ryan Coogler was briefly detained by police in Atlanta in January after he was mistaken for a bank robber, video footage released by Atlanta police on Wednesday shows.

Coogler, 35, was detained by police before being released on Jan. 7 after he went into a Bank of America branch to make a withdrawal.

The director handed the bank teller a withdrawal slip with a note written on the back that reportedly read, "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 Variety report said.

The bank teller misinterpreted the situation as an attempted robbery when the transaction amount exceeded $10,000 and informed her boss, who then called police.

"From we got the call, sounded like someone was trying to rob the bank," one of the officers says in the bodycam footage.

Coogler was released after police were able to clear up the confusion.

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