Jeff Baena and Alison Brie Emily Assiran/Getty Photographs
Alison Brie is mourning the demise of frequent collaborator and buddy, Jeff Baena.
Brie, 42, shared a sequence of images of the pair collectively by way of her Instagram Tales on Sunday, January 5. Within the first picture, Brie smiled as she checked out Baena whereas he spoke on the Sundance Movie Pageant in 2020 for Horse Woman. (Brie and Baeana co-wrote and co-produced the Netflix movie, which she starred in and he directed.)
Whereas sharing the picture by way of social media on Sunday, Brie added a damaged coronary heart emoji over the picture. In one other picture, Brie and Baena wrapped their arms round one another whereas in an extra pic she leaned in opposition to him as they sat on a sofa.
“Relaxation in peace my buddy,” she wrote over one other picture of the twosome smiling.
Alison Brie and Jeff Baena Courtesy of Alison Brie/Instagram
Sooner or later earlier than Brie’s add, Us Weekly confirmed that Baena died by suicide at age 47. Baena is survived by his spouse, Aubrey Plaza, who has but to publicly handle his demise.
Previous to his demise, Baena wrote and directed a sequence of Indie TV reveals and movies — a number of of which starred Brie. Whereas reflecting on their friendship in 2022, Brie revealed that she and her husband, Dave Franco, are neighbors with Baena and Plaza, 40.
“Dave and I lived fairly near Jeff and Aubrey. Jeff and I began mountain climbing collectively fairly often, simply as buddies, and through these lengthy hikes, we might speak about totally different concepts,” Brie recalled to Collider. “Finally, I felt comfy sufficient with him to speak to him about my concept for Horse Woman, which we co-wrote and co-produced collectively. That was such a great expertise.”
After Horsegirl, Brie stated Baena approached her for one more movie, 2022’s Spin Me Spherical. The twosome cowrote the romantic comedy collectively, which Brie starred in alongside Plaza.
“After which, he got here to me and stated, ‘Properly, I’ve this concept that I’ve been serious about for a very long time.’ That led to this,” she defined to the outlet. “It’s all been a reasonably natural evolution.
Whereas selling the movie in August 2022, Baena gushed over his collaborative reference to Brie. “It’s an insane profit to have the person who you’re collaborating with on all fronts even be on the opposite aspect of the digital camera,” Baena informed AV Membership. “As a result of along with understanding, clearly, the place the script is coming from and what the intention is, they will additionally set the tone by way of appearing.”
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