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Buddy Duress, ‘Good Time’ Star, Dies at 38


Buddy Duress, who starred alongside Robert Pattinson in the Safdie brothers' 2017 crime thriller 'Good Time,' has died. He was 38.

Duress’ brother Christopher Stathis revealed to People on Tuesday that the actor died in November 2023 of “cardiac arrest from a drug cocktail.” In “Good Time,” Duress portrayed Ray, a drug dealer who becomes Connie Nikas’ (Pattinson) partner in crime as the two attempt to retrieve a Sprite bottle containing acid. Duress has two more unreleased projects: a short film titled “Skull” and Jay Karales’ debut feature “Mass State Lottery,” set to release this year.

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