Ben Foster to portray cyclist Lance Armstrong in biopic

MUMBAI: The untitled movie directed by Stephen Frears, is in final negotiations with Ben Foster. The movie will talk about the renowned cyclist’s rise to fame while battling testicular cancer in the nineties and his recent tryst with performance enhancement drugs and subsequent disgrace.

John Hodged has penned the script for the movie while Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will be producing it. The movie by Working Title’s movie is one of three movies that are being made on the world number one cyclist. The other two are being created by Warner Bros and Paramount but this seems to be lagging behind the other two.

Foster was previously seen in movies like Ain’t them bodies saint and will soon be seen in Lone Survivor.