The black comedy Honey Don’t may star in-demand Hollywood actress Margaret Qualley and received a 6.5-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival last year, but there is one unlikely star who has created some chatter online.
The movie, which premiered at the festival in May and is now currently streaming on BINGE, follows small-town private investigator Honey O’Donahue (Qualley) who investigates a string of strange murders connected to a religious cult headed by the sleazy Reverend Drew Devlin (played by Chris Evans).
Among her travels, which includes a lesbian encounter with police officer MG Falcone (Aubrey Plaza), Honey visits a bar whose owner Gary is a blast from her past.
If Gary looks familiar it’s because he is played by Don Swayze, the younger brother of late actor Patrick Swayze – and the similarities and “very strong likeness” had social media in a spin.
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“Best part of Honey Don’t was seeing Don Swayze on the big screen,” one tweeted n X, as another commented, “He looks so much like Patrick!”
“Don is the mirror image of the late star,” another echoed on Facebook, as one user added, “I didn’t know Patrick had a brother, but the moment I saw Don Swayze in the film Honey Don’t by the Cohen brothers I knew there was a relation! The eyes and across his brow – is unmistakeable.”
Don, 67, is one of the five Swayze siblings, including Bambi, Vicky and Sean. Sadly, the latter two passed away in 1994 and 2025, respectively, leaving just Don and Bambi as the surviving siblings.
Patrick passed away in 2009 aged 57 following a two-year battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
Another bar scene in Honey Don’t is a lot raunchier than the one featuring Don.
In this scene, Honey sees MG in a local bar and the pair are instantly engrossed in conversation. Not that Honey can concentrate as MG’s hand starts to wander up her thigh.
While the camera doesn’t show what’s happening down there, it’s clear from Honey’s increasingly short breaths and facial expressions that they were engaging in a lewd private act in a very public bar.
When the bartender – not Don’s Gary – asks if the ladies want another round, Honey quickly replies no thanks and motions for them to leave “before we get arrested”.
This bar scene also caused a stir on social media.
“Screen chemistry at peak levels,” one tweeted on X, as another wrote, “Underrated movie of last year.”
The film was directed by Ethan Coen, who is one half of the filmmaking duo the Cohen Brothers – his frequent collaborator is brother Joel Coen.
The pair are known for subverting genres in their films such as Fargo, Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and No Country for Old Men.
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