Luke Evans - ‘If I didn’t have to take my top off on a movie set, I’d let myself go’

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Lovely, lovely, LOVELY Luke Evans. I think he’s quite possibly one of the nicest men in Hollywood - a bona fide A-Lister after star turns in Beauty and the Beast, The Hobbit, Fast & Furious, to name but a few. And yet, his early life was challenging. Raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, he was unable to be open about his sexuality for fear of banishment from the church and rejection by his parents. He left home at 16, moved to Cardiff to study singing, and eventually became a successful musical theatre actor before finally landing a movie role at the age of 30, which would change his life forever. He hasn’t stopped working since. Luke and I talked about being gay in Hollywood, his physical insecurities (despite being the embodiment of a certain kind of masculine perfection on-screen) and how his early days of knocking on doors with his Jehovah’s Witness parents prepared him for rejection in his career. His failures? To find a soulmate until his 40s, accepting success and a failure to learn what his dad knows. I also get to study his tattoo and ask him who his favourite Hollywood co-star is and why… NEW HOW TO FAIL WITH ELIZABETH DAY PRESENTED BY HAYU LIVE TOUR DATE Friday 28th March 2025 – The London Barbican Go to: www.fane.co.uk/how-to-fail Have something to share of your own? I'd love to hear from you! Click here to get in touch: howtofailpod.com Production & Post Production Coordinator: Eric Ryan Studio and Mix Engineer: Matias Torres Sole and John Scott Senior Producer: Selina Ream Executive Producer: Carly Maile Head of Marketing: Kieran Lancini How to Fail is an Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you heard about Bista Village, which sits beautifully in the heart of Oxfordshire?
0:06.5	It's an extraordinary shopping experience and has over 150 fashion and lifestyle boutiques.
0:12.7	I love it there.
0:14.3	When I went recently, I picked up two amazing silk shirts from Jill Sander,
0:18.7	and I've now got my eye on a pair of Jimmy Chu
0:21.3	slingbacks that I'm going to pick up on my next visit very soon. Well, the big news is that
0:26.5	you can. Bista Village have launched a prize draw to win a £500 gift card to spend in their
0:32.9	beautiful boutiques. Only an hour from London on the train, it has some of my favourite boutiques from
0:38.5	Jill Sander, Anina Bing, Jimmy Chu, the White Company and Astrid and Mew. Enough to dress you from
0:44.8	top to toe with savings of up to 40%. There's also a great selection of restaurants like Otolengi
0:51.1	and Chaconis for a pit stop from shopping.
0:57.1	Watch my full experience on the How to Fail YouTube channel and find out how you can win a £500 gift card to spend at Bista Village.
1:02.6	Tees and Cs apply. Welcome to How to Fail, the podcast that firmly believes learning how to fail is actually learning how to succeed better.
1:23.7	Before we get to our esteemed guest, I wanted to mention our subscriber podcast Failing with Friends,
1:29.8	where my guest and I answer your questions and offer advice on some of your failures too.
1:35.1	Here's a bit of Luke Evans to give you a flavour of what I mean.
1:39.0	You're talking to like a romantic here.
1:43.0	Serial monogamist loves sharing life with somebody, I'm the worst.
1:48.9	If you want to send me one of your failures for my guest and me to give advice on,
1:53.1	follow the link in the podcast notes or look out for my callouts once a month on Instagram
1:57.3	for quickfire questions. Thank you so, so much.
2:05.9	My guest today modestly describes himself as a South Wales Valley boy, done good.
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