Ben Is Back

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1. #001

   When developing the film, Peter Hedges had no intention of casting his son Lucas Hedges in the lead role and had already assembled a shortlist of other actors he was considering. It was Julia Roberts who insisted on casting the younger Hedges after seeing him in Manchester by the Sea (2016).

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2. #002

   Before filming began, Lucas Hedges and Kathryn Newton spent the Thanksgiving holiday as guests at Julia Roberts's home, where Julia hosted 22 guests at the dinner table.

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3. #003

   Lucas Hedges is the son of director Peter Hedges.

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4. #004

   Lucas Hedges and Kathryn Newton had starred together a year earlier in Lady Bird (2017) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), making this film their third collaboration.

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   The choice of Christmas Eve gave the film a metaphorically powerful setting, but the winter atmosphere forced the crew to contend with difficult weather conditions. Producer Teddy Schwarzman recalls having to deal with a cyclonic snowstorm that paralyzed all the roads in New York and Yonkers, where the crew planned to shoot a scene. Julia Roberts, who has lived in New York for 18 years, says she had never experienced a winter on the East Coast to equal the one on this film's set.

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6. #006

   Most of the daytime footage was shot before the crew dispersed for the holidays. In January 2018, as the production shifted to night scenes, the story grew darker both metaphorically and literally. Director Peter Hedges notes that his actors showed great sensitivity in portraying the mounting tension between mother and son.

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   The filmmaker asked production designer Ford Wheeler to develop sets ranging from the Burns family's suburban home to a dealer's office in a storage unit. Ford Wheeler, known for his work on The Affair (2014) and Rachel Getting Married (2008), relished highlighting in the film's third act the contrast between Ben's healthy family background and the far less protected environment in which much of the film takes place.

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8. #008

   Filming took place in Yonkers, New City, Sloatsburg, Larchmont, Garnerville and Haverstraw, New York.

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   The film's world premiere was held on 8 September 2018 at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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10. #010

    At the end of the film, Ben may have taken Clayton's medication to commit suicide, because he blamed himself for all the problems that had occurred and felt the family would be better off without him.

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11. #011

    Lucas Hedges was one of two actors to play drug-addicted children in 2018; the other was Timothée Chalamet in Beautiful Boy (2018). Hedges and Chalamet had appeared together the previous year in Lady Bird (2017).

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12. #012

    The choice of filming locations was crucial to creating the suburb that forms the film's backdrop. Among the natural spots scouted by location manager Robert T. Striem in Westchester and Rockland counties north of New York were small towns such as Haverstraw, Larchmont, Sloatsburg, Garnerville and Mamaroneck, where the production established the Burns's home.

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13. #013

    The work of lead costume designer Melissa Toth emphasized the film's naturalistic aesthetic. She had previously worked with Lucas Hedges on Manchester by the Sea (2016) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).

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14. #014

    This was David Zaldivar's first film.

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