Luke Evans on His New ITV Drama ‘The Party,’ Starring in ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ on Broadway and Whether He’ll Return as Bard in ‘The Hunt for Gollum’

Luke Evans stars in and co-produced ITV’s five-part adaptation of Elizabeth Day’s psychological thriller, *The Party*. The drama explores class, hidden sexuality and relationships, and Evans says his own experiences helped inform its central character; he also warns that progress on equality does not mean people are safe from threats to acceptance.

Evans discussed how writer Sarah Solemani expanded the relationship between Martin and his wife Lucy, including making her pregnant, and drew on parts of his working-class, religious upbringing and life as a gay man. He also spoke about his Tony-nominated Broadway run as Frank-N-Furter in *The Rocky Horror Picture Show*. The supplied article text does not include his answer on whether he will return as Bard in *The Hunt for Gollum*.