Ben Foster left the intense lights of Hollywood after a decade to quiet down within the nation.
“I lived in L.A. for, we’ll name it 12 years. I lived in New York for about the identical,” Foster, 44, instructed The Hollywood Reporter in a profile revealed on Wednesday, September 10. “[My ex-wife, Laura Prepon, and I] had two youngsters and my dad and mom are very shut with my youngsters. They’ve moved near Nashville.”
He continued, “After the pandemic, I had a cognition that I didn’t have to reside on both coast, fairly frankly. I really like horses and I experience. I really like reside music. I dig nation music. There’s been a shift from each coasts and I’ve discovered that it’s gentler for me, a minimum of, to hub there. Nashville is only a totally different manner. I’m having fun with it.”
Foster was married to That ‘70s Present alum Prepon, 45, from 2018 to 2024, throughout which they welcomed two children. Foster filed for divorce final yr, which was settled in April.
Foster didn’t additional element how he and Prepon have been coparenting their youngsters amid his transfer to Music Metropolis. He did, nonetheless, inform the outlet that the relocation cemented an on the spot bond together with his Motor Metropolis collaborator Potsy Ponciroli.
“When Potsy emailed me, he stated, ‘OK, we are able to Zoom at 12 p.m. What coast are you on?’ I instructed him that I used to be in Nashville and he stated, ‘Get out! Me too!’” Foster recalled to THR. “We determined to satisfy in individual and have lunch, all on the identical day, proper after I had learn the script. I’ve to be intuitive. I don’t wish to be too considerate about issues. It’s received to maneuver me instantly.”
Foster performs a ruthless drug lord within the upcoming motion movie, starring reverse Shailene Woodley, Alan Ritchson and Pablo Schreiber.
“It’s like music when the music calls you. I wasn’t doing line readings as a result of there aren’t a variety of traces right here, however I used to be extra responding to the area,” he gushed of the undertaking. “I’m a bodily individual, I can’t assist however be on this pores and skin swimsuit that all of us negotiate with on daily basis. I believe I simply felt like transferring with him and speaking about scenes. I received turned on.”
He added, “Additionally, realizing that [Shailene] was connected, I’ve been a fan of hers for years. As an actor, generally you lean in and different instances, you lean again and let others do their factor. Shay is at all times unpredictable and true.”