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Buddy Duress, known for his role alongside Robert Pattinson in the Safdie brothers’ film. Good time, has died. She was 38 years old.
Duress, born Michael C. Stathis, died of “cardiac arrest due to a cocktail of drugs” in November, his brother Christopher Stathis confirmed to People on Tuesday.
Duress was also known for his portrayal of Mike, a drug dealer in the Safdie brothers’ 2014. heaven knows what. In Good timereleased in 2017 and partially based on Duress’s life, he played Ray, a recently freed criminal from Pattinson’s star Constantine “Connie” Nikas.
in a 2017 Sense interviewDuress said he met Josh Safdie in 2013, after his release from jail on drug charges. She got the role in heaven knows what shortly after, but was sent back to jail before the film’s release for skipping a drug inpatient program.
“You know, I still remember it. If she had gone to that show, she wouldn’t have been in heaven knows what, and I probably wouldn’t be an actor right now,” Duress said at the time. “That is the pure truth. I would not do it”.
Following Duress’s second release from prison, the Safdies used the actor’s diary to adapt his story for their Good time script, according to Los Angeles Times.
Duress starred in several more feature films and short films, including 86, The mountain, The great dark days and Back.
“Buddy was pure electricity on screen” Back said director Cameron Van Hoy People. “Working with him was one of the great adventures of my life. He was a kind person who loved making movies. Despite the problems he was going through in life, he somehow managed to put them aside when it was time to work. We became very close after the production of our film. Back. “It hurts my heart that his life came to an end like that.”
Duress was born in Queens in May 1985. He is survived by his mother, Jo-Anne, and younger brother, Christopher.