There has been an avid longing in the LGBTQ art and entertainment community for a serious openly gay, masculine artist to be able to create memorable roles that appeals to mass audiences, all genders and sexual persuasions. Luke Evans has filled the bill on every level.

Born an only child in Pontypool, Wales and raised in Aberargoed, his mother noticed that as a child he was an extremely finicky eater. She asked, didn’t he want to be a big, strong, rugby player? His response was, “I want to be a ballet dancer.”

Cooking and baking became other passions, and his dad’s record collection inspired him, but the big hurdle was that his family was devout Jehovah Witnesses who very strict about censoring, well, everything.

Luke Evans as Gaston in ’Beauty and the Beast’ (photo: Disney)   TRAINI

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