Luke Evans felt ‘alone’ as a gay actor in Hollywood

Actor Luke Evans has spoken about what it was like being an out gay star in Hollywood action films at the start of his career.

The Beauty and the Beast star spoke to PinkNews following the release of his memoir, Boy from the Valleys: An Unexpected Journey, in which he details “his humble beginnings in a quaint Welsh mining village to the dazzling lights of Hollywood” and life growing up as a gay Jehovah’s Witness.

“There [were] no other openly gay actors playing these action, macho, straight roles. I was sort of cutting a path which I didn’t really know how to navigate,” he said.

“We tried our best to keep the focus on the work. Straight actors, do they ever have to do this? No, they don’t.”

Evans, who

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