Luke Evans shares his life lessons: ‘The best decision I ever made was to call the Samaritans’

Luke Evans (Image: Jordan Xinger-Xanger)

Actor and singer Luke Evans began his career with pivotal roles in the Boy George musical Taboo and Peter Gill’s play Small Change at London’s Donmar Warehouse.

Then, his journey took him to Hollywood, where he landed roles in The Hobbit, Beauty and the Beast, the Fast and the Furious series and in hit television dramas like Nine Perfect Strangers. 

It’s a far cry from his early years in Wales, where he grew up in a heavily religious family as a Jehovah’s Witness. Bullied in school for being both a Jehovah’s Witness and gay, he left the religion — and his family — for London when he was just 16.

In his heartfelt memoir, Boy From the Valleys: My Unexpected

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