Actor Ben Foster ‘definitely damaged’ his body taking PEDs for Lance Armstrong

That’s why you take them”, he said about his experience and what he thought about it. “And they took drugs because they work.

As you may recall, Armstrong vehemently denied the allegations for years, until 2010, when his teammate Floyd Landis (here played by Jesse Plemons) admitted to doping and accused Armstrong of the same, sparking an intense investigation that led to Armstrong admitting that he had been lying the whole time. But in addition they can injury our bodies notably lasting as well as in really serious techniques.

Lance Armstrong had been a rising star in the cycling world until 1996, when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. However, his drug-taking was revealed in 2012 by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, who called Armstrong’s regimen “the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen”. 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.

But speaking to the BBC at the BFI London Film Festival, where the film had its European premiere, the actor said he felt the drugs had “definitely damaged” his body, even though he took them in a “contained, doctor-supervised manner”. He famously ate fistfuls of dirt during the filming of “Lone Survivor”, the 2014 film in which he played a Navy SEAL.

His director Stephen Frears said he was only told two weeks ago that Ben had taken the drug, but didn’t feel like it was any of his business.

Stepping out on to the red carpet, Foster appeared to have gained a substantial amount of weight around his face and midriff, but his face also appeared drawn-out and exhausted.

He added that all of the drugs he took were legal, and taken under the watchful eye of a doctor.

The Program, a StudioCanal/Working Title production, is set for release in the United Kingdom on Friday.