Can you guess the identity of this future gay, Hollywood heartthrob?
The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, Beauty & The Beast, Fast & Furious 6 & 7, The Three Musketeers, and Midway.On TV he’s wowed in The Alienist, Nine Perfect Strangers, and Echo 3.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Yes, it’s Welsh hunk Luke Evans.A post shared by Luke Evans (@thereallukeevans)A post shared by Luke Evans (@thereallukeevans)Evans, 45, will soon be releasing his memoir, Boy From The Valleys.
It details how he was raised in a strict, Jehovah’s Witness family in South Wales. At 16, in the mid-90s, he decided to move to London to pursue his dreams of acting.He began making waves on the London stage in shows such as Rent and Miss Saigon.
He got his big break in movies in Clash Of The Titans (2010).A post shared by Luke Evans (@thereallukeevans)In preparing for the book’s publication on November 7, Evans says he’s been going through old photo albums.“I’ve been going through lots of old pictures to choose ones for my book,” he wrote in a caption accompanying the pic. “This one didn’t make it, but I love it, the skinny little me learning to swim, and those ears…”Evans has spoken before about leaving his family as a teenager to make it in the big city.“You could almost disappear.
That’s the reason London appealed to me when I was a young man,” he told The Independent last year.“You want to find your community, and often where [gay people] are brought up, there isn’t one, or there’s shame, or there’s secrets.“To feel free, and to feel part of something, you go to a big city where you’ll find people like you.“It’s what gay people have done for decades and will keep on doing.
