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November 12, 2003 — Billy Boy spoke to Tim Lammers about acting, working with Peter Weir, and fine tuning his craft.
"That's one of my favorite things about acting," Boyd explained. "One day you're sitting in the house, watching TV or whatever and the next thing you're doing this movie. For me anyway, as soon as that happens, you start getting the books and you start reading about the world that you're about to step into, no matter what it may be."
For "Master and Commander," Boyd told me that he had no idea going into the film what life was life on a ship, let alone one in the 1800s. Plus, he never sailed, but always had the desire to.
Before he knew it, Boyd was in Mexico, training for the high seas.
"We went to school for two weeks to learn how to sail and to learn how to shoot the guns of that era, and to learn, for my character, how to stand at the wheel," Boyd explained. "I never knew how difficult it would be actually steer a ship with winds you're in. It was such a fantastic education, because I was a helmsman when we were on the actual sea with a real ship."
The full discussion in at the link. |
