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Did Lance Armstrong role take a toll on Ben Foster? Robin Wright’s ex looks unrecognisable while promoting biopic after admitting he took performance enhancing drugs

By Justin Enriquez and Shyam Dodge For Dailymail.com

Published: 14:34 EST, 29 September 2015 | Updated: 22:43 EST, 29 September 2015

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He admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs to prepare himself for the role of Lance Armstrong.

And Ben Foster looks like he has undergone yet another dramatic physical transformation.

The 34-year-old actor looked almost unrecognisable while attending a photocall for The Program in Rome, Italy on Tuesday.

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Transformation: Ben Foster looked almost unrecognisable as he made an appearance at a photocall for the Programme in Rome, Italy on Tuesday

Changes: The 34-year-old actor looked vastly different than his portrayal of controversial cyclist Lance Armstrong in the flick (right)

The 3:10 To Yuma actor emerged at the event held in the Hotel Bernini Bristol with his face looking fuller, specifically in the cheek area, as he also appears to have gained a bit of weight around his midsection.

He was dressed in a casual chic ensemble including a charcoal grey sports coat over a lighter grey button-down top, relaxed fit blue jeans and black leather trainers.

Foster's hair was also different as his short, blonde locks were spiked up and he sported more of a goatee than his signature scruff for the occasion.

Casual cool: The talented actor looked relaxed in baggy jeans and black leather trainers

Bulkier: He looked like he gained a good amount of weight since working on the flick

Unrecognisable: Perhaps the change has to do with the fact that he recently admitted to doping in order to 'infect' himself with former cyclist Armstrong

Perhaps the change in physical appearance has to do with the fact that he recently admitted to doping in order to 'infect' himself with former cyclist Armstrong.

In an interview with The Guardian, Foster said he has only 'just recovered physically' from the effects of the drugs he was taking.

However, the Alpha Dog actor would not disclose what specific doping agents he took, saying he did not recommend the practice to fellow actors.

More than just aging: He looked vastly different than he did at an appearance in Berlin back in February 2009 (left)

Change in chemistry? Foster recently told the The Guardian he has only 'just recovered physically' from the effects of the performance-enhancing drugs he was taking

'These are very serious chemicals and they affect your body in real ways,' he explained.

'For my own investigation it was important for me privately to understand it. And they work.'

Foster, who is a practitioner of method acting, has done some intense and bizarre things for roles in the past.

Dynamic duo: He posed for a snap with director of the flick: Stephen Frears

Interesting: The 3:10 To Yuma actor would not disclose what he was taking but did admit: 'These are very serious chemicals and they affect your body in real ways'

Despite having nothing more than a cameo appearance in Rampart (2011), he lived on the streets and urinated in his pants in preparation to play a homeless veteran.

And for his role in Lone Survivor (2013) he ate dirt in order portray a Navy Seal.

By way of explaining why he went to such great extremes for The Program, he said: 'The word I'm leaning toward is "infected". I tried to infect myself with him. Get him into my system.'

Taking things seriously: He could be seen looking much slimmer as he portrays disgraced cyclist Armstrong in the trailer released back in June

Sinister scenes: The film depicts Armstrong as begins working with the controversial Italian doctor Michele Ferrari to enhance his cycling performance

Big story: Chris O'Dowd plays journalist David Walsh, who was one of the sports writers that uncovered Armstrong's performance-enhancing substance abuse

Foster plays the disgraced cyclist in Stephen Frears' film, while Chris O'Dowd plays journalist David Walsh, who was one of the sports writers that uncovered Armstrong's performance-enhancing substance abuse.

The film is based on Walsh's book Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong, which chronicles the journalist's efforts in exposing seven-time Tour de France winner Armstrong for doping in order to win races.

The change in appearance comes just a month after People reported that he and Robin Wright quietly ended their engagement.

Finish line: In the flick Foster will definitely play out some of the former athlete's highest highs and lowest lows

Spitting image: The actors resemblance to Armstrong - pictured in New York in September 2010 - was uncanny

Before the controversy: Armstrong - pictured at the Tour de France in July 2005 - was a seven-time Tour de France winner

According to the weekly, they ended the relationship a few months earlier. Foster and 49-year-old actress Wright first broke up in November 2014 but got back together in January.

The pair met on the set of the 2011 movie Rampart and in early 2012 were seen with each other in Australia.

They got engaged in January 2014 and Wright, who has two adult children with her ex-husband Sean Penn, gushed about her new love shortly afterwards.