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Playboy interview on ‘Contraband’
In his latest thriller Contraband, Foster stars alongside Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale as Sebastian Abney: the lead character Chris’ (Wahlberg) longtime best friend and confidante. Foster sat down with Playboy.com for a quick Q&A on Sebastian, getting to know Marky Mark, and his upcoming film 360.
Maxim Interview: “A One Man Contraband”
What are some of your favorite crime movies?
Le Cercle rouge. [Jean-Pierre] Meville directed it. It’s sexy, it’s dangerous, it’s got a beautiful look to it. It moves well.
You’re currently filming Kill Your Darlings with Daniel Radcliffe. Have there been a lot of Harry Potter groupies mobbing your shooting locations?
Yeah, a lot of those. Daniel handles it, takes it in stride. I’m very impressed with Daniel as a real workhorse. It’s not easy to drag around ten years of a film series that is so popular and delve into an icon like Allen Ginsberg, but I’ve been nothing but impressed with the man.
You’re also going to play John Gotti Jr. How have been preparing for this role?
Well that’s been off the books. That’s been on and off with financing. I gained 30 pounds for the role and then just dropped 50 for William [S. Burroughs, in Kill Your Darlings], so I’m hoping that when Gotti goes on I’ll have time to fatten back up, because nothing’s better than eating pasta and drinking wine and calling it prep.
Is there anything else you’re excited to binge on?
Ice cream sandwiches. Dark beer. The good stuff.
Ben Foster Talks Sex, Victimizing And Connecting For His New Movie '360'
Foster: We all have urges. We all have fantasy lives. We all feel at some point undervalued by a lover or perhaps we undervalue our partner, be [it] a mundane existence in a tired marriage or young love that has run off the fumes of early honeymoon romance. Straying happens. Desire exists. Sex is the mechanism for intimacy. We feel less lonely in the world. The film poses the questions from across the globe in a broad sweep. How do we feel less lonely in the world? Is it an affair? Is it addiction? I don’t believe the film gives answers so much as it asks questions.
Radcliffe ‘a hell of a talent,’ says Ben Foster
“I know you are, but what am I?” said Dan. MTV News spoke with Foster about working as part of such a talented young cast and how Radcliffe will “shock” audiences come next year.
“What’s most exciting about the script is that these are before they were giants. These lions of literature are still in development,” Foster said. “Working with these actors is a gas. You can’t live up to the hero. You can live up the child. That’s what we’re honoring.”
Of all the cast members, it’s likely that Radcliffe has the most to prove. As only his second film role after ending the “Harry Potter” series, the film could be a crossroads of sorts for his career. Foster spoke to Radcliffe’s ability and predicted audience reactions when the film finally hits. “In terms of Daniel Radcliffe, I admire him so much. He is a tremendously courageous human, great mind,” Foster said.
“He’s done some work in this film which I think is going to shock and impress and put to bed so many doubting minds. Everyone seems to be ready to cut the man down, and he’s going to prove them wrong. He’s a hell of a talent.”
Rampart // Ben Foster (Interview)
Producing his first ever film, the actor is reunited with Woody Harrelson in this corrupt cop thriller
by Leigh Singer
Last time Dazed met Ben Foster, he branded fellow thesps as “dilettante masochists… weirdos who want to feel all the time.” Not that the 31-year-old actor stands above it all: by contrast, he’s all too aware of the pitfalls of his profession, particularly stardom, which is why he consciously glides between mainstream – X-Men 3, the prospective Gotti mob movie opposite Travolta and Pacino – and acclaimed indies like The Messenger and Fernando Meirelles’ upcoming global ensemble 360. His other latest project, corrupt cop thriller Rampart, reuniting him with Messenger helmer Oren Moverman and co-star Woody Harrelson, also marks his producing debut.
[Acting] is an exercise in empathy and addressing that which is unknown. That can be frightening at times.
I had an outrageous amount of sex and alcohol.
Film School Rejects: Ben Foster discusses finding a character, producing, and 'Rampart'
by Jack Giroux on February 13, 2012:
Over two years ago we got to see a whole new side of Ben Foster. With director Oren Moverman‘s The Messenger, Foster gave a quiet and powerful performance, right next to Woody Harrelson, who also showed something we hadn’t seen from him before. With Rampart, the duo continue to explore new territory.
Source: JoBlo
Check out Ben’s interview with Fade In magazine. He discusses Third Mind, Meirelles and Moverman, being alone, and the cost of dreams deferred (or expression deterred).
Interview with 'The Hitlist'
With his close-cropped hair and bright-burning eyes, Ben Foster has, in person, the same intensity he’s brought to roles in films from “The Messenger” to “Alpha Dog” … with, fortunately, a relaxed wit and easy smile moderating that during his press day for “Contraband.”
Oh, what did you say? I couldn’t hear you over the chest hair… Go on… Right. Right. Now, do you moisturize that? Because I could swear I smell cocoa butter.
Have You Cine: Contraband
Ben sits on his hands to hide his tattoo (video).
Ben Foster Interview | Collider
Collider recently sat down with Foster in New York and talked about the Contraband role he was initially courted for, the time he got kicked out of acting class, and his production company.
Question: What’s your training background?
Foster: I don’t have a lot of training. Doing. Was kicked out of my one acting class in Los Angeles, kicked off the stage by this renowned teacher. Think his words were “Get the fuck off my stage.” Did not like what I was doing…
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