An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.
Acting
Ben Foster becomes Armstrong's cold dead eyes.
Direction
Frears treats doping like a heist thriller.
Director
Stephen Frears
Ben Foster
Lance Armstrong
Chris O'Dowd
David Walsh
Guillaume Canet
Dr. Ferrari
Jesse Plemons
Floyd Landis
Lee Pace
Bill Stapleton
Denis Ménochet
Johan Bruyneel
Edward Hogg
Frankie Andreu
Dustin Hoffman
Bob Hamman
Elaine Cassidy
Betsy Andreu
Laura Donnelly
Emma O'Reilly
Peter Wight
Sunday Times Editor
Nathan Wiley
Charles Pelkey
Chris Larkin
John Wilcockson
Mark Little
Rupert Guinness
Michael G. Wilson
Lance's Doctor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ben Foster actually took performance-enhancing drugs to prepare, because method acting has no ethics apparently.
Released the same year as the real Armstrong's Oprah confession, making it feel less like biopic and more like rushed homework.
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