Siegel\u2019s report<\/a> alleges that an underage actress was traumatized by a simulated sex scene involving actor Buddy Duress on the co-directors\u2019 New York-centered heist thriller. Per the story, Josh was directing the scene while Benny was operating a boom mic during the sex scene in question. (Duress died in 2023 of a heroin overdose.) The directors allegedly became aware of the actress\u2019 age later on and began grappling with the difficulties of the scene around the time that \u201cGood Time\u201d producer Sebastian Bear-McClard was accused of sexual misconduct<\/a> by multiple women. Bear-McClard was fired from the brothers\u2019 Elara Pictures in 2022.<\/p>\n On this week\u2019s episode of IndieWire\u2019s podcast \u201cScreen Talk,\u201d co-hosts Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio examine how this story could affect the Oscar chances for \u201cMarty Supreme.\u201d<\/p>\n The reality is, likely, not much. Josh Safdie<\/a> is not a serious contender to win Best Director for the 1950s-set drama about a wannabe ping-pong hotshot, who\u2019s played by Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, an actor now enjoying his third Best Actor nomination and soon to be a likely winner. Chalamet, 30, is up against the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio (\u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d), Wagner Moura (\u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d), Ethan Hawke (\u201cBlue Moon\u201d), and Michael B. Jordan (\u201cSinners\u201d). Chalamet is also nominated as a producer for Best Picture on \u201cMarty Supreme.\u201d<\/p>\n Oscars history shows a pattern of ill-timed allegations dropped during awards<\/a> season voting, regardless of their validity or because of them. While it\u2019s not to delegitimize similar concerns expressed about, say, Casey Affleck<\/a> circa his \u201cManchester by the Sea\u201d campaigning days, the actor won anyway amid sexual harassment claims in 2017.<\/p>\n Remember that last year\u2019s \u201cEmilia P\u00e9rez\u201d was doused and downed<\/a> after earlier, controversial tweets by star and Best Actress nominee Karla Sof\u00eda Gasc\u00f3n resurfaced, tanking the film\u2019s chances and raising concerns about the production\u2019s politics.<\/p>\n It\u2019s cynical to suggest that Siegel\u2019s story is the end product of an industry-plant-style tabloid grab akin to the Harvey Weinstein days of extinguishing competing filmmakers on the grounds of similar accusations, and the Siegel-reported story may have little influence on this year\u2019s Oscars. But the timing seems suspicious, and makes for an odd cover story launch at the paper, mostly because the general audience for a story out of the California Post will likely have no idea who the Safdies are. This story may not penetrate the broader culture even as it has sent Film Twitter into a blaze.<\/p>\n Elsewhere on this week\u2019s \u201cScreen Talk,\u201d Anne and Ryan also discuss the best films out of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. We both resoundingly believe in \u201cJosephine,\u201d which went on to win the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award<\/a>. Beth de Ara\u00fajo\u2019s competition title, which is still seeking distribution, centers on an eight-year-old girl processing trauma after witnessing a horrific assault.<\/p>\n We also welcome Santa Barbara International Film Festival director Roger Durling onto the podcast this week. The festival kicks off February 4 with an array of Oscar-friendly tributes and retrospectives of this year\u2019s contenders, from a sit-down with Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd (and with Anne Thompson) to the Virtuosos panel<\/a> with Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Wunmi Mosaku, Jacob Elordi, Wagner Moura, Amy Madigan, Teyana Taylor, and Sydney Sweeney. 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