The Goldeneye actor grew up along with his brother in Aberfeldy, Perthshire and lived on the Panmure Property, the place his father was head forester.
Nonetheless, it was not a cheerful childhood for the actor who was horribly mistreated by his dad.
Talking to Lauren Laverne on Desert Island Discs, Cumming stated: ‘My dad didn’t break my spirit.
‘I really feel that the qualities you want to take care of somebody who's an grownup who's abusing you, and you're powerless, are good qualities for being an actor.
‘Listening, pretending you aren't feeling what you're feeling, not displaying concern.
‘I all the time knew that I used to be going to get out and I used to be going to reside the life I wished to guide. And I used to be helped by a few of the individuals on this playlist as we speak.’
The X-Males star added that the abuse was ‘very violent’ and that typically he had ‘terror for [his] life’ and thought: ‘Oh my God, I'm going to die right here.’
In one other heartbreaking revelation, the 57-year-old reveals his dad didn't imagine the actor was his organic son, which Cumming solely found when he obtained again involved with him shortly earlier than filming his episode of the collection, Who Do You Suppose You Are?, after almost 20 years of being estranged.
Cumming disproved his dad’s claims by way of a DNA check.
‘The loopy factor is that none of that was true,’ the Emma star recalled.
‘He had made it up. I ultimately had this DNA check as a result of I didn’t imagine him and I needed to then telephone up my dad and inform him – and disappoint him – that I used to be his son.
‘The telephone name ended and I knew he was dying. He had most cancers and stuff.
‘I instructed him I assumed he was a coward, as a result of I had been the one to go and discover out the reality – and (he) had used a fallacy that he had believed as a justification to abuse me all these years.’
The Scottish actor continued: ‘So I stated all of the issues I might doable need to say to him, and I went to say, “OK, I've obtained to go now, take care, I'll discuss to you” – and I went, “No I gained’t, I really gained’t discuss to you once more – however take care”.
‘So I stated goodbye to him in that factor as properly.’
Cumming revealed that after he put the telephone down, he realised he was sporting full drag, as he was taking pictures in South Africa and taking part in a transvestite.
He stated: ‘It was simply excellent.
‘I assumed if my father might see me proper now, it could be his worst nightmare most likely. Not something I assumed I must undergo.’
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