Evans said coming from a “very working-class background” helped him understand his character’s choices.<\/p>\n
“Even though it probably wouldn’t have been my choice of journey, I understood him. <\/p>\n
“I got the fact that, through a strange route, this man got what he wanted and succeeded. He came from nothing, but was very clever, almost chameleon-like, in how he could adapt and observe and blend in, and I just thought it was very interesting,” he said.<\/p>\n
Evans said Gilmour is treated like “an outsider by almost everybody” in the drama which starts on Sunday on ITV.<\/p>\n
“This kid gets an opportunity to go to an Eton-style school. But he sticks out like a sore thumb and is treated as an outsider by almost everybody. <\/p>\n
“I have always felt like an outsider myself,” Evans said, recalling when he first began working in the film industry.<\/p>\n
“When I first became a film actor, I didn’t feel like I belonged. <\/p>\n
“I didn’t feel accepted in the way I saw other people of my age and peer group being accepted. So Martin resonated a lot with me.”<\/p>\n
“I also admired him,” Evans added, because despite the obstacles he faced, as “it didn’t stop him from keeping going”. <\/p>\n
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