International Courant
Buddy Duress, identified 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 Individuals on Tuesday.
Duress was additionally identified for his efficiency as Mike, a drug seller within the Safdie Brothers’ 2014 Heaven Is aware of What. In Good Time, launched in 2017 and primarily based partially on Duress’ life, he performed Ray, a lately 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 expenses. He landed the position in Heaven Is aware of What shortly after however was despatched again to jail earlier than the movie’s premiere for skipping a drug in-patient program.
“You already know, I nonetheless look again at it. If I had gone to that program, I would not have been in Heaven Is aware of What, and I most likely would not be an actor proper now,” Duress stated on the time. “That is the sincere reality. I would not.”
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 Occasions.
Duress went on to star in a number of extra feature-length and quick 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 informed Individuals. “Working with him was one of many nice adventures of my life. He was a sort one that liked making movies. Regardless of any troubles he was going by in life, he by some means managed to place them apart when it got here time to work. We grew fairly shut after the manufacturing of our movie Flinch. I am 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.
