Alison Brie reacts to the death of frequent collaborator Jeff Baena

Alison Brie mourns the death of a frequent associate and friend, Jeff Brothers.

Brie, 42, shared a series of snaps of the pair together via her Instagram Stories on Sunday, January 5. In the first image, Brie was all smiles as she looked at Baena as he spoke at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. A girl on a horse. (Brie and Baeana co-wrote and co-produced the Netflix movie, which she starred in and he directed.)

Sharing the photo on social media on Sunday, Brie captioned the image with a broken heart emoji. In another photo, Brie and Baena wrapped their arms around each other, while in another picture, she leaned against him as they sat on the sofa.

“Rest in peace my friend,” she wrote over another picture of the smiling pair.

One day before Brie’s recording, My Weekly confirmed that Baena he died by suicide at the age of 47. Baen is survived by his wife, Aubrey Plazawhich still has to to publicly express his death.

Before his death, Baena wrote and directed a series of independent television shows and films, several of which starred Brie. Reflecting on their friendship in 2022, Brie revealed that she and her husband, Dave Francoadjacent to Baena and Plaza, 40.

“Dave and I lived pretty close to Jeff and Aubrey. “Jeff and I started hanging out pretty regularly, like friends, and we’d talk about different ideas on these long hikes,” Brie recalled Accelerator. “Eventually I felt comfortable enough with him to talk to him about my idea A girl on a horsewhich we co-wrote and co-produced. It was such a good experience.”

After Horsegirl, Brie said Baena approached her about the next film, 2022 Spin me. The two co-wrote a romantic comedy that Brie played alongside Plaza.

“And then he came to me and said, ‘Well, I have this idea that I’ve been thinking about for a long time.’ That led to it,” she explained to the drawer. “It was all quite an organic development.

While promoting the film in August 2022, Baena gushed about his collaborative connection with Brie. “It’s a crazy advantage to have the person you’re working with on all fronts also be on the other side of the camera,” Baena said. AV club. “Because in addition to understanding, of course, where the script is coming from and what the intent is, they can also set the tone in terms of acting.”

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