HE GREW up in a tiny Outback town and did not set foot on a stage until three years go.

Now, at 24, Cody Fern has been cast in the coveted lead role for the Australian run of international stage sensation War Holo Malie.

It goes without saying that he’s thrilled to have landed a dream role, but despite his isolated upbringing, Fern’s path into it has been anything except accidental.

He has twice sold everything he owns, turned down a lucrative corporate career offer and followed his gut feeling into total uncertainty.

This year, he arrived in Sydney from Western Australia without a job, a home or a friend in sight to blindly pursue what he believes he was born to do: act.

“I’ve known since I was about six that I wanted to be an actor, but I grew up in a very small country town and it was just not something that was possible,” Fern wahi a.

“I still kind of pinch myself that it’s all falling into place. It’s been an incredible ride so far.”

That small town was Southern Cross, about 400km inland from Perth, heluna kanaka 700. Fern’s entire school, from years 1-10, had about 80 kids. His senior boarding school, a further 90-minute drive away, was a little bigger with about 30 in his year level.

Still, not a lot of performing arts courses going on out there, so Fern took the academic route until he could make his break.

Me he kēkelē o Pāʻoihana a me ka Polokalamu ma Kākou mau ke kūʻai akuʻana mai Perth ka Curtin University ma lalo o kona kāʻei, Fern ua kuʻi hoʻi ka internship me Ernst a me Young, a ua kakauia na inoa ma no ka eiwa-mahina e hana i ka holo ana.

Kona lilo o ka noho-nav i hope realigned a me ka mea i manao ai pela sweetly pono.

“I Ke Kuahiwi O makemake e hana ia koʻu ola a pau, a me ka ia i manawa e hana ia,” Fern wahi a. “I koʻu noho ana ma Uni aʻu i loaa pono papa, a hele aku la ia i ka hana hanohano, akā, I mālama manaʻo, 'Au e ole e' aneʻi '. Kekahi pono i ole haha ​​pono.

“I ka wa aʻu i pau au manao ana o kela mea keia olelo hooholo aʻu e mai i kēia lā aku, e e hoʻokahi wale nō ka nānā 'ana ma luna o kilo a me au i hele i ke kaua ia.”

Fast-imua makahiki ekolu a me Fern i pae i kona kūlana Ua Hopu ma hope o kekahi kahawai o masterclasses, po paahana a me ka helehelena i loko o ka hana keaka a me ka pōkole Film ma Perth, a Sydney.

He manawa pili ana i ka Kanakaʻole o 33 actors in War Holo Malie, e lawe ma luna o ka kēpau kūlana o Albert Narracott, ka teenager kona aloha lio, Joey, ua kuai lilo aku la i ka lio ma ka outbreak o World War I.

Ka National Kino o Beritania Nui hula mea weliweli iho la ia mahele ma London (Picture inset) a me ka New York, lanakila ana i 'elima Tony Awards, mau Laurence Olivier Awards, a me ka eha mawaho kiʻiʻoniʻoni Circle Awards. Ua nā hiʻona puppetry e South Africa ka Handspring Puppet Company.

Ka mea, e hana kona'Aukekulelia Ka Mua, me he nou ana la o kūloko, ma ka Arts Center Melbourne ma New Year ka Eve mua hele ana i Sydney a me Brisbane.

“When I read the script for War Holo Malie I was in absolute tatters. Ka lede i loko o ka cafe hele mai, a ninau mai iaʻu ina au ua OK,” Fern wahi a.

“Ua oiaio mea incredibly poi pu a me ka hele a. I Ka Nani hauʻoli loa a me ka manao nui i ka hoʻomaka 'ana. I Fashion hoao e pani iaʻu iho i like ka nui me hiki mai ka hype o Kaua lio a me ka pololei, manao iho la, 'OK, Au hele ana, e kālele ana ma luna o ke ano, a kālele ana ma luna o ka moʻolelo a me ka kālele ana ma ka mea aʻu i e hana '. Na mea a pau e ae, e hoʻoua iho like kaumaha me ia hana.”