PLUS: The Weekend In Taipei actor reflects on life's "uncomfortable moments" that led him where he is today
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00:00Now it's the sit down with Luke Evans.
00:02Hi Luke.
00:03Weekend in Taipei has something for everyone.
00:05Twists and turns, action, romance.
00:07You must get a script like this and think, hell yeah.
00:11Exactly right.
00:12Yeah, it was, as soon as I picked it up,
00:15I was just entertained by the whole thing.
00:17I remember reading it going, hell yeah, let's do this.
00:20This is gonna be so much fun and entertaining, you know,
00:24and you really, I don't know,
00:26I think you root for the characters.
00:27You root for John.
00:29He's an everyman, you know, he's sort of like,
00:32he suffers with all the ailments
00:33and the mid-40s kind of dramas that, you know,
00:37a lot of men I know, and I can relate to that.
00:39I'm his age, and I like that.
00:41I think he just, I like the guy,
00:43and I just, you know, he's got a charm
00:46and a glint in his eye, and I think that's quite cool.
00:48How long does it take to physically prepare
00:50for a movie like this, with so much running and fighting?
00:53Do you do your own stunts?
00:54I do all my own stunts, yeah.
00:56Yeah, that's me.
00:57I was like, I went there three weeks
00:58before we started shooting,
01:00so I could learn with a stunt coordinator.
01:03Then we had to build this very long fight sequence,
01:05and we'd be fighting several times with the movie,
01:07and that's how we did it, yeah.
01:08It was like learning choreography.
01:10You posted on Instagram the other day with a Coldplay song.
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01:16And you made headlines this summer
01:18when you went to their concert with Joe Jonas,
01:20Kylie Minogue, and Liam Hemsworth.
01:22Do you have any plans to hang out soon?
01:24We all met at an event in Athens,
01:27and it just wasn't supposed to happen,
01:29but we were all there, and Joe was the ringleader,
01:33and he said, let's go see Coldplay,
01:34and we were like, okay, and then sure enough,
01:36the whole of us, all of us went together,
01:38and it was an awesome night, yeah.
01:39We're going to go see the Jonas Brothers.
01:41I think Joe was telling us the other day his dates,
01:45because we love the Jonas Brothers,
01:48and so we're going to go see them
01:51in one of their dates on tour.
01:53Now we can add author to your list of accomplishments.
01:56What made you decide to write a memoir?
01:58We've all got a story to tell, and for some reason,
02:00somebody thought it would be good for me to do it,
02:01and I said no several times and then thought,
02:04actually, there is a story here, and it is inspiring,
02:07and it may, you know, inspire young people
02:09who may be, you know, not finding their footing
02:13or know what they want to do or their identity
02:15or they're struggling with something,
02:17and my story may help them,
02:19and that's the thing that kicked me into doing it.
02:22I'm very proud of everything that's happened to me,
02:24even the bad bits and the uncomfortable moments in my life.
02:27That's what creates each and every one of us.
02:29Every part of my story gets me right here
02:34sitting in this seat talking to you
02:36with a smile on my face.
02:37And with the launch of your clothing line earlier this year,
02:40we can add designer to the list too.
02:42One of your partners on the brand
02:43is also your partner in real life.
02:45What's one high and one low about going into business
02:47with someone you're so close to?
02:49Oh, I think, to be honest, we're a great team.
02:52We're a great team in life.
02:53We're, he's my best friend,
02:55and he's the calm, deep waters,
03:00and I am the rushing, you know, bubbly water,
03:03and between the two of us, we can solve anything.
03:06We work together as a team,
03:08and so having a business together
03:11just is an extension of our life together,
03:14and we work really well together.
03:17He blows my mind.
03:18He's like, he's so impressive at everything he does
03:21in the business and in life, so it's great.
03:24Finally, I'm going to put 10 seconds on the clock.
03:26Promote any one of your projects.
03:28Ready? Go.
03:29I have my new movie, Weekend in Taipei,
03:31which is coming out on the 8th of November,
03:33and I have another movie coming out next year
03:35called World Breaker,
03:36which I shot with Milla Jovovich
03:37at the beginning of this year in Northern Ireland,
03:38which is a big alien apocalyptic kind of movie.
03:41I'm an undercover DEA agent.
03:43To finally take Kwong's operation down,
03:47I might make a mean Cranberry.
03:48Luke, thank you so much for joining us.
03:50Take care. Bye.