10 Actors Who Could Play Edward Snowden In Oliver Stone's Movie

6. Ben Foster

In spite of giving some of the most memorable performances and taking on amongst the most complex characters through his illustrious career, Ben Foster remains criminally under-recognised and under-rated. His dramatic scenes in Nick Cassavetes€™ Alpha Dog are incredible, proving that his talents are of the highest quality of his generation. His roles are almost always ones with great depth, and that he didn€™t get an Oscar nod for his leading role in Oren Moverman€™s The Messenger will forever be a travesty. The only thing he had stacked up against him was his age in a year that had only one spot for young talent, with Jeremy Renner going up against the titans of George Clooney, Morgan Freeman, Colin Firth, and Jeff Bridges. With leading roles in Stephen Frears€™ Lance Armstrong biopic and Duncan Jones€™ Warcraft, Foster is poised to earn the recognition he deserves in the next two years, and adding the role of Edward Snowden to that line-up would be the perfect way to cement his long-overdue rise.