I'm Rebecca Lervoy and this is You Can't make this up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind

your favorite Netflix documentaries and films.

On today's episode, we take a closer look at the Netflix documentary film How to Rob a Bank.

They could not figure out who this guy was and where he was going to hit next. Is this guy some kind of a ghost?

How does he just slip away like that?

Today we're talking to directors Stephen Robert Morse and Seth Porgyz.

In a city where bank robberies were an everyday occurrence, one Seattle bandit stood out among the rest.

The FBI nicknamed him Hollywood, a savvy criminal inspired by heist films like Heat and Point Break.

Beneath that elaborate prosthetic disguise was Scott Skurlock, a free spirit living in a treehouse

and spreading his stolen cash around.

But when he plans to retire after one last big score, everything goes wrong.

The Netflix film How to Rob a Bank traces Skirlock's escapades as the high-profile robber the cops

are desperate to get their hands on.

It shows the toll being the Hollywood Bandit took on him, as well as how his $2 million stick-up spree came to its cinematic conclusion.

We may not have known who Hollywood was, but what we did know is that if we faced off with him in the street he would not go down without a fight. And I'm joined now by Director Stephen Robert Morse and Seth Porgis.

Welcome to You Can't Make This Up.

Hey, good the beer.

Thanks so much for having us.

So I know this film isn't a how-to, but I think there are a lot of people who think, you know, robbing a bank,

maybe that's a crime I could potentially get away with.

Stephen, was that ever something that you secretly contemplated?

Gulp, I'm guilty of this charge.

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