Timothée Chalamet’s Oscar Dreamters Slashed by Safdie Brothers’ Scandalous Sex Scene Fallout — What the Stars Say!
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Ever wonder how the cosmos might conspire to break up even the closest of creative partnerships? Well, the Safdie brothers—Benny and Josh—seem to have experienced a celestial fissure that traces back to a dark moment on the set of Good Time, the buzzworthy film that launched them into the spotlight. These guys, known for their gritty style and casting “real” folks instead of polished actors, suddenly found their bond ruptured by a scandal involving a 17-year-old girl cast for a controversial scene. Talk about a cosmic irony—Saturn’s grip on responsibility clashing head-on with Mars-fueled reckless choices. Since their split was announced in 2023, their solo ventures have dazzled awards circuits but also dragged this shadowy chapter back into the harsh light. It’s a tangled tale of art, ambition, and accountability—a bitter harvest from seeds planted under some seriously stormy stars. Curious about the full story and how this could shake up this year’s Oscars race? LEARN MORE
The alleged reason for the split between Benny and Josh Safdie has revealed to date back to an incident on the set of Good Time, a Robert Pattinson film that put the directorial duo on the map.
Josh and Benny Safdie are best known for the Adam Sandler film Uncut Gems, but have both gone on to make films that were major contenders this awards season.
After their professional split was announced in 2023, Benny made Smashing Machine with The Rock, while Josh made Marty Supreme with Timothée Chalamet, earning multiple Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Best Director.
However, the brother’s split reportedly dates back to an incident on the set of Good Time in 2016, in which a 17-year-old girl was cast to play a prostitute for a sex scene in the film.
It was reported by Variety in 2023 that Sebastian Bear-McClard, a producer on the film, had been accused of sexual misconduct by several women in the wake of his divorce to model Emily Ratajkowski.
Sebastian Bear-McClard pictured with the Safdie brothers (Roy Rochlin/FilmMagic via Getty Images)
Amongst these claims were those of the 17-year-old girl, who said she wasn’t told her scene would involve nudity and that the actor in the scene exposed himself and asked if he could ‘stick it in’.
The Safdie brothers are well known for casting ‘real’ people and not just actors in their films, with the girl’s scene partner in question being Buddy Durress, a recently released convict.
Durress died in 2023 of a heroin overdose.
Whilst the claims were made public by Variety in 2023 as part of Ratajkowski’s divorce proceedings, focus on these has been renewed by a Page Six report citing the incident as the reason for the split between Josh and Benny.
Buddy Durress was released from jail shortly before he filmed the scene with the 17-year-old actor (Getty Images/Pool)
Page Six claim that Durress was high at the time of the scene, which both brothers were present for, with one anonymous on-set source saying: “Any director who had seen that should have yelled ‘Cut!’ and stopped the scene, but Josh let it continue.”
The outlet also stated that three different sources claimed that Josh was made aware of her age shortly after the scene was shot when she began to spiral.
Benny reportedly only found out her age in 2023 when Variety’s report came out, something described as the ‘final straw’ for the director to continue working with his brother.
The anonymous girl said in a statement obtained by Variety that she had been contacted via Instagram by Bear-McClard and had agreed to be in a scene with British actor Robert Pattinson, who starred in Good Time.
Timothée Chalamet and Josh Safdie on the set of Good Time (Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images via Getty Images)
She was unaware of what her scene would entail until she was taken to a ‘cramped room’ where she was naked and stood ‘in front of nearly a dozen male cast and crew members’, including the Safdies.
She said she was ‘utterly stunned and felt terrified’ in the statement, adding: “My distress only worsened when out of nowhere, [Duress] whispered in my ear if ‘he could stick it in’ while the cameras rolled. I said ‘no’.”
Beyond being a horrific incident in and of itself, it will likely have major implications for the Oscars race.
Chalamet previously looked dead set to win his first ever Best Actor nomination, with Marty Supreme nominated in nine different categories.
LADbible have contacted representatives for Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie for comment.
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