Ben Foster to Play John "Junior"

By Ed Scarpo
Ben Foster: Can you see this
man playing John Junior?
Ben Foster is going to take on the role of John Gotti Junior to John Travolta's John Gotti Senior in the indie biopic Gotti: In the Shadow of My Father. We think Ben is a fantastic actor; we loved him playing Russel Crowe's evil sidekick in 3:10 to Yuma, among a host of other films. Ben is an "actor," as opposed to a "star." He is consumed by his roles and rarely looks the same from one movie to the next, so you have probably seen him and not even realized it (see list below).

He does not look anything like Junior -- he doesn't even look the slightest bit Italian. We can't wait to see how he handles this one: I can see him dying his hair, gobbling protein milkshakes, pumping iron and just layering on the muscle to fill in the silk suites he'll be wearing -- though Junior preferred jogging suits if my memory serves me properly. I just hope they are all honest -- that's all I ask, stay honest, guys.

READ FULL ARTICLE: Ben Foster to star with John Travolta in John Gotti biopic | Inside Movies | EW.com

From IMDB.com, a partial list of Ben's films:

Chronicle (pre-production)
Tito (rumored)
2012Gotti: In the Shadow of My Father (pre-production)
John Gotti Jr.
2012
Prometheus (filming)
2011Rampart (post-production)
Terry
2011360 (post-production)
Tyler
2012Contraband (completed)
Sebastian Abney
2011Jackpot
Troy Baker
2011The Mechanic
Steve McKenna
2011/IHere
Will Shepard
2009Pandorum
Bower
2009Blink (short)
AJ
2009/IThe Messenger
Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery
2008Birds of America
Jay
200730 Days of Night
The Stranger
2007My Name Is Earl (TV series)
Glenn
– My Name Is Inmate #28301-016: Part 1 (2007) … Glenn
– My Name Is Inmate #28301-016: Part 2 (2007) … Glenn
20073:10 to Yuma
Charlie Prince
2006X-Men: The Last Stand
Warren Worthington III / Angel
2006Alpha Dog
Jake Mazursky
2003-2005Six Feet Under (TV series)
Russell Corwin
– Singing for Our Lives (2005) … Russell Corwin
– Untitled (2004) … Russell Corwin
– Bomb Shelter (2004) … Russell Corwin
– The Black Forest (2004) … Russell Corwin
– Grinding the Corn (2004) … Russell Corwin
See all 22 episodes »
2005Stephen King's Dead Zone (TV series)
Darren Foldes
– The Last Goodbye (2005) … Darren Foldes
2005/IHostage
Mars Krupcheck

Comments

  1. AnonymousAug 8, 2011, 7:45:00 AM

    Shoulda got one of the Jersey Shore guys for the part.

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