Luke Evans is furious at any suggestion that he remained in the closet while he attempted to crack Hollywood.The Beauty And The Beast star, who has just taken on his first gay role, opposite Nicole Kidman, says he simply chose not to shout about his sexuality from the rooftops.Luke, born in Pontypool, Wales, came out to his parents — Jehovah’s Witnesses — and left home as a teenager.Once he reached Hollywood, he said his personal life ‘was the last thing I had, because everything else I’ve given to the world’.
The 41-year-old explained: ‘My career was public, I was photographed, and all that stuff.‘When people did find out I was gay, there was a lot of stuff written saying I was hiding it, and I wasn’t.’Speaking to Attitude to mark being.