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BEAUTY AND THE BEAT

It’s a Saturday afternoon and Welsh acting superstar Luke Evans has a day’s break from filming upcoming thriller 5lbs of Pressure alongside Rory Culkin and Alex Pettyfer. But he’s definitely not off. For the star of The Hobbit, The Alienist, Fast & Furious 6, Dracula Untold and Beauty and the Beast, weekends are dedicated to his other, burgeoning career as a singer and songwriter.

And so, he’s joined The Big Issue to talk about his new album,. The record sees Evans take on classic songs from to REM’s , Wham!’s to . Having audiences with his rendition of, Evans’s album will surely be found in stockings across the land come December 25.

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