Welsh Hollywood star Luke Evans has opened up about about the difficulties he faced growing up as a Jehovah's Witness knowing he was gay. Evans, 45, has released a memoir, called Boy from the Valleys: My Unexpected Journey, which tells his story from his humble beginnings in a small village in the Rhymney Valley to the bright lights of Hollywood.

The Hollywood actor says he was bullied as a child in Wales because of his religion and sexuality.