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Intense actor Ben Foster, who was SO mesmerizing as the cold blooded killer in “310 to Yuma,” took his father Stephen for a relaxed lunch at Lilly’s cafe in Venice. He’ll be seen next in “The Messenger” with Woody Harrelson.
Since we wrote about the gay undertones in 3:10 to Yuma, Ben Foster has had plenty of people asking him about his character – a fey, dandified psychotic cowboy with a massive crush on Russell Crowe’s character. Ben’s was the best dressed character in the movie. In fact, he’s been answering so many gay questions that he felt compelled to tell OUT magazine that he is not gay. But he did it in a tasteful and almost flirty way so he wasn’t the least bit offensive. Obviously Ben, 26, likes having gay fans and he doesn’t mind playing gay characters.
3:10 to Yuma was way better than we expected – especially for a western. It’s an entertaining movie and -guess what – there’s a whole GAY way to interpret it. This was pointed out to us by Norman Korpi, and we must have been blind not to notice.( If you haven’t seen the movie, read no further lest we spoil it for you.) Russell Crowe plays the notorious outlaw gang leader Ben Wade who robs stagecoaches. His bloodthirsty right hand man Charlie, played by Ben Foster, (a curly haired slim guy who always wears a tight little stylish jacket and chaps) will kill ANYBODY and do ANYTHING for his boss. According to Norman, they’re a couple, and Charlie is hopelessly in love with Ben. Enter poor but idealistic rancher Dan, played by Christian Bale, and you have a love triangle. Gradually Ben Wade falls for rancher Dan and he ends up killing Charlie. We MUST see the movie again to catch all the gay clues, As Norman gleefully sums it up “Yuma is gayer than Brokeback Mountain.”