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Luke Evans says he related to his working-class character in ITV drama The Party
Luke Evans plays Martin Gilmour in ITV’s The Party, adapted from Elizabeth Day’s 2017 novel.
Martin is a political journalist at a lavish birthday party for his longtime friend, Conservative MP Ben Fitzmaurice, when a shooting takes place.
A detective questions Martin as secrets from the friends’ past threaten to emerge.
Martin grew up in South Wales in a working-class family and later received a scholarship to private school.
Evans also grew up in South Wales in a religious household, and said he felt out of place when he first moved to London to study.
He said he related to the experience of entering unfamiliar worlds and working to find his place in them.
The drama’s story explores the divide between Martin’s background and Ben’s privileged world.
Luke Evans says he related to Martin Gilmour, his working-class character in ITV drama The Party.
Martin is a political journalist from a modest background who becomes caught up in a shooting at a birthday party.
Evans said he recognised the experience of moving from a small Welsh village into unfamiliar worlds where others seemed to know how things worked.
The character was raised in South Wales by his religious mother, and his father, a carpenter, died when Martin was ten.
The Party is adapted from Elizabeth Day’s 2017 novel of the same name.
- Who
- Luke Evans, who plays Martin Gilmour in The Party.
- What
- Evans said he related to Martin’s rise from humble beginnings and experience of entering unfamiliar social worlds.
- When
- The interview was published on 11 October 2026.
- Where
- The drama is an ITV production; Martin is raised in South Wales.
- Why
- Evans recognised similarities between Martin’s background and his own transitions from a small Welsh village to the city.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Well, more than I realised.
If you get an opportunity, and you're clever, you don't turn your nose up at it. You go, 'This may never come around again.'
Elizabeth Day’s novel The Party was published.
Radio Times published its interview with Luke Evans about his role in the ITV adaptation.
- Actor
- Luke Evans
- Character
- Martin Gilmour
- Drama
- The Party, an ITV adaptation of Elizabeth Day’s 2017 novel
- Character’s hometown region
- South Wales
- Publication date
- 11 October 2026
Sources
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