Luke Evans has starred in movies from Fast and the Furious 6 to Beauty and the Beast, after landing his breakout role in 2010 film Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll.
Luke Evans believes coming from a working class background helped his drive in life.
The Welsh actor has starred in movies from Fast and the Furious 6 to Beauty and the Beast, after landing his breakout role in 2010 film Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll.
And in an interview with Wales Online, Luke explained that growing up in The Valleys in South Wales without having much money meant he was very aware that “nothing is delivered to you on a silver platter”.
He said: “I think if you are working class and you get the opportunity to do anything, you usually grab it with both hands and just go for it.
“There are as many people dreaming in the Valleys as there are anywhere else in the world, it’s just opportunities are not so prevalent, and there are not so many of them.
“But I think that works sometimes in our favour. As a working class kid you fight for it and, if you want something desperately, you usually will keep going until you get it.”
Luke, who recently finished his run in The Rocky Horror Show on Broadway, added that the differentiation between the classes is becoming more prevalent these days, and is particularly “rife within the United Kingdom”.
He mused: “It’s just a little bit more toxic now I’d say. You have working class Valleys folk like myself, and I think that there are a lot of people I know from my past who definitely feel hard done by, and they’re not having the opportunities of the more upper class hierarchical system that the British society has.
“Where you’re born, how you talk, who your parents are, how big your house is, where you go to school, all informs what you may do with your life.
“Not always, because I didn’t do that, but I think it definitely is the case. That’s why when anyone from the Valleys does something amazing everyone’s so proud and they feel a part of that success is theirs as well.”
Luke Evans considers working class background an advantage
