'‘I feel that the qualities you need to deal with someone who is an adult who is abusing you, and you are powerless, are good qualities for being an actor,' says Alan Cumming.
Alan Cumming has revealed how he felt ‘powerless’ while suffering abuse at the hands of his father during his childhood.
‘I feel that the qualities you need to deal with someone who is an adult who is abusing you, and you are powerless, are good qualities for being an actor.The Emma actor took a DNA test to prove he was his father’s biological son The X-Men star added that the abuse was ‘very violent’ and that sometimes he had ‘terror for [his] life’ and thought: ‘Oh my God, I am going to die here.’
‘He had made it up. I eventually had this DNA test because I didn’t believe him and I had to then phone up my dad and tell him – and disappoint him – that I was his son.‘The phone call ended and I knew he was dying. He had cancer and stuff.
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