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As The Boat sails towards its Malta red-carpet premiere and release on a wave of international critical acclaim, Laura Bonnici chats with actor Joe Azzopardi to find out more about the man behind the thrilling feature film’s sea-faring hero. “Just do it.Making waves on the big screen
As The Boat sails towards its Malta red-carpet premiere and release on a wave of international critical acclaim, Laura Bonnici chats with actor Joe Azzopardi to find out more about the man behind the thrilling feature film’s sea-faring hero. “Just do it. Don’t think about it and do it. If you really want it, don’t be afraid of failing because you don’t want to spend the rest of your life wondering ‘what if’.” This is the sage advice offered by actor Joe Azzopardi, when asked what he would say to those in Malta considering an acting career – and he has certainly proved to have lived by his words. Today hitting international headlines as the sole lead of the Malta-made full-length feature film The Boat, Azzopardi brings to the big screen a lifetime of performance experience, which he has crafted through ‘just doing it’ and, in his own words, by “letting life do its thing and being a bloody nuisance”. It is this fun, determined yet open-minded attitude that has helped Azzopardi to become one of Malta’s most prominent actors. Born to British/Maltese parents, he performed from an early age in local drama groups. Overcoming dyslexia – which made reading ‘cold’ at auditions a challenge... Read more