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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
As told to Katie Cunningham

Three things with Aaron Fa’aoso: ‘I’m not a prepper, but I can live off-grid for months on end’

Aaron Fa'aoso’s memoir So Far, So Good – co-written with Michelle Scott Tucker – is out now through Pantera Press.
Aaron Fa'aoso says writing his memoir So Far, So Good – co-written with Michelle Scott Tucker – was about ‘telling my truth’. Photograph: Erica Murray

Aaron Fa’aoso never planned to write a memoir. But when a literary agent approached the footy player-turned-actor about sharing his story, he eventually changed his mind.

“I was 42 at the time and I thought [memoirs] were for old guys,” he says. “But they had done a fair bit of research on me, and said that my life … the challenges that I’ve overcome, would be a great piece for young men in particular.”

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