Ben Foster Loses Himself in His Roles, and ‘Leave No Trace’ Allowed Him to Disappear

Ben Foster only knows one way of working.

After working in Hollywood for over two decades, the rare child actor who managed to find his way to a compelling adult career has been reaping the rewards of long-term commitment.

In recent years, that has included an Independent Spirit Award for his turn in “Hell or High Water,” a continued relationship with his most cherished directors, and a sustained level of intensity that might exhaust other actors but only seems to keep Foster more tuned in.

He buries himself in performances to a point where, as he describes it, he’s not even acting in a traditional sense.“For my job, the goal is to learn the thing, and then do the thing, and do it, and do it, and do it over and over until I don’t think about it,” Foster said in a recent interview with IndieWire.

“You

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