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Buddy Duress
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Buddy Duress, recognized for his position alongside Robert Pattinson within the Safdie Brothers’ Good Time, has died. He was 38.
Duress, born Michael C. Stathis, died of “a cardiac arrest from a drug cocktail” in November, his brother Christopher Stathis confirmed to People on Tuesday.
Duress was additionally recognized for his efficiency as Mike, a drug supplier within the Safdie Brothers’ 2014 Heaven Is aware of What. In Good Time, launched 2017 and based mostly partially on Duress’ life, he performed Ray, a not too long ago launched felony to Pattinson’s protagonist, Constantine “Connie” Nikas.
In a 2017 SSense interview, Duress stated he first met Josh Safdie in 2013, following his launch from jail for drug costs. He landed the position in Heaven Is aware of What shortly after however was despatched again jail earlier than the movie’s premiere for skipping a drug in-patient program.
“You realize, I nonetheless look again at it. If I had went to that program, I wouldn’t have been in Heaven Is aware of What, and I most likely wouldn’t be an actor proper now,” Duress stated on the time. “That’s the sincere fact. I wouldn’t.”
Following Duress’ second launch from jail, the Safdies used the actor’s journal to adapt his story for his or her Good Time script, per the Los Angeles Times.
Duress went on to star in a number of extra feature-length and brief movies, together with 86’d, The Mountain, The Nice Darkened Days and Flinch.
“Buddy was pure electrical energy on display,” Flinch director Cameron Van Hoy instructed Individuals. “Working with him was one of many nice adventures of my life. He was a sort one who liked making movies. Regardless of any troubles he was going by in life, he one way or the other managed to place them apart when it got here time to work. We grew fairly shut after the manufacturing of our movie Flinch. I’m heartbroken that his life got here to an finish because it did.”
Duress was born in Queens in Could 1985. He’s survived by his mom, Jo-Anne, and youthful brother, Christopher.
