It's not uncommon for actors to go through the same experiences as their subjects in preparation for their roles. But for Ben Foster, who plays Lance Armstrong in Stephen Frears' "The Program" which has its world premiere in Toronto on September 13, his research involved giving performance-enhancing drugs a go. The actor told The Guardian, "For my investigation it was important for me privately to understand it. And they work. Even discussing it feels tricky because it isn't something I'd recommend to fellow actors." Foster also admitted that he'd "only just recovered physically" from the experience and added, "There's a lot of fallout. Doping affects your mind. It doesn't make you feel high. I don?t know how to separate the chemical influence from the psychological attachment I had to the character. If it?s working, it keeps you up at night."
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