 He grew up in Whetstone, Leicestershire, where he worked in his parents' restaurant.Wan stood out from his peers from a young age and endured bullying from other children due to the fact that he was mixed race, tall, overweight and gay.During his teenage years he weighed as much as 21 stone (133 kg, 294 lb) He was drawn to performing arts with aspirations of becoming an actor, and after leaving Babington Community College he began attending a course at the Charles Keene College of Further Education.