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Luke Evans Unveils Spanish Autobiography, Revisits Jehovah’s Witness Upbringing

Recounting his isolation under strict doctrines, he shows how personal choice guided him toward freedom

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Overview

  • His memoir 'El chico de los valles de Gales. Mi viaje inesperado' launched in Spanish this week at the Madrid Book Fair
  • He describes the weekly door-to-door preaching, ban on holidays and solitude that marked his childhood in the Jehovah’s Witnesses
  • He left home at 16 and later trained in London, building a career with roles in Furia de Titanes, La Bella y la Bestia and Fast & Furious
  • Evans shares how discovering his homosexuality in a community that deemed it a “mortal sin” forced him to live in secrecy and shaped his self-acceptance
  • Since 2021, he has been with architect Fran Tomás and together they co-founded BDXY, a men’s fashion label specializing in timeless designs