![]() For his role, Pirkis received critical acclaim and won the Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer and the Young Artist Award for Best International Performance by a Young Actor at the 25th Young Artist Awards. The income he earned for the film was placed into a bank, making him wait until he turned eighteen. Soon after being cast in Master and Commander, Pirkis was contracted to be represented by Hollywood talent agency ICM. Pirkis completed the amputation scene in two takes, thinking of the death of a family friend for inspiration. Because his character loses an arm, Pirkis wore a prosthetic stump on set tucking his real arm to the side, he practised how to write and eat using only his left arm. Weir soon discovered that Pirkis had "an old actor's soul in his body," and consequently gave him more acting challenges. One of four teenage actors chosen for the film, Pirkis began researching the history of the Royal Navy and the Napoleonic Wars to prepare himself for the role, before ultimately spending six months shooting the film. Scott Chitwood on Pirkis' performance in Master and Commander. He seems like what you'd expect Aubrey to be like as a boy." "Pirkis shows maturity beyond his years and makes you believe that he could lead sailors into battle despite his young age. That was a complete surprise." According to Pirkis, he was at first "nervous" about acting with Russell Crowe, but changed his mind when he realised that Crowe was "a pretty normal guy." Director Peter Weir thought Pirkis "stood out very early on, but not to the extent that you see in the film. Pirkis attended a workshop and auditions as "a joke", ultimately securing the part of the 13-year-old, eventually one-armed midshipman Lord Blakeney of HMS Surprise. ![]() The hire occurred after production staff visited Eton to hire boys for the ship's teenage crew. Although unsure what he wanted to do with his life, Pirkis was cast for his first professional role in 2002, when he appeared in the successful film, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Pirkis started his acting in school plays while attending Eton, though he never took them seriously. After being educated at Eton College, Pirkis began attending St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he read Theology and was captain of the college's football team, in 2009. His mother is a publisher, and he has a sister. Pirkis was born in London on 6 January 1989. Two years later, he was cast in the BBC/ HBO television series Rome as Gaius Octavian, a role he held until 2007. In a critically praised performance, he won the Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer and the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor in an International Film. ![]() After appearing in two stage productions during the mid-2000s, Pirkis made his film debut in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), after the film crew recruited him at his school, Eton College. Max Pirkis (born 6 January 1989) is an English actor. Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor in an International Film.Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising NewcomerĢ003 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
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