Following the release of Elliot Page’s memoir PageBoy, the actor reveals why now was the right time to share his story with the world and elaborates on the chapters where he talks about his childhood and his mother, who grew to support his identity.
06.06.2023 - 20:08 / metroweekly.com
In his upcoming memoir Pageboy, Elliot Page reveals that a homophobic actor once confronted him at a party in Los Angeles back in 2014, telling him: “You aren’t gay. That doesn’t exist.
You are just afraid of men.”The unnamed actor also told Page, who identified as a lesbian at the time, “I’m going to fuck you to make you realize you aren’t gay.”Page had previously come out as gay during a speech at the Human Rights Campaign’s “Time to Thrive” conference in Las Vegas shortly before the encounter, leading this particular actor to take issue with Page’s identity.In a chapter titled “Famous A-hole at Party,” Page writes about the homophobic encounter with the unnamed actor he considered an “acquaintance.” Page writes that a few days after the uncomfortable interaction at the party, the actor attempted to walk back on his comments telling Page: “I don’t have a problem with gay people, I swear.”“I think you might,” Page responded.“I’ve had some version of that happen many times throughout my life,” Page told People magazine in an interview in which he relived some of his struggles with coming out. “A lot of queer and trans people deal with it incessantly.
These moments that we often, like, don’t talk about or we’re supposed to just brush off, when actually it’s very awful. “I put that story in the book because it’s about highlighting the reality, the shit we deal with and what gets sent to us constantly, particularly in environments that are predominantly cis and heterosexual,” he said.He added: “I’m purposely not sharing his name.
But he will hear about this and know it’s him.”Page came out as transgender in 2020 and has since used his platform to speak about his trans identity. Pageboy, which shares his experience
.Following the release of Elliot Page’s memoir PageBoy, the actor reveals why now was the right time to share his story with the world and elaborates on the chapters where he talks about his childhood and his mother, who grew to support his identity.
One of the many headline-making anecdotes in Elliot Page’s new memoir Pageboy involves a chapter in the book titled “Famous A**hole at a Party.”
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Elliot Page writes in his new memoir, “Pageboy,” that filming the 2017 “Flatliners” remake was “a true mess from the very beginning” and a “shit show” due to unsafe stunt work and instances of racism and queerphobia on set (via Entertainment Weekly). Or, as Page puts it: “It went off the rails.” In an entire chapter devoted to the making of the Niels Arden Oplev-directed thriller, Page alleges he and co-star Kiersey Clemons were put in unsafe working conditions during one stunt scene. “We were getting ready for a car stunt when Kiersey and I realized that everyone had a built-in thick seat belt, except for us,” Page writes. “No restraints, a basic safety measure of the carefully orchestrated, expensive and elaborate stunt that hadn’t been thought through… We looked to the various stunt crew members strapping the others in, perplexed, questioning why we weren’t being secured for the scene. ‘Why does everyone else have a safety belt but not us?’ we’d inquired.”
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Elliot Page has detailed his experience filming the reboot of Flatliners, describing it as “a true mess”.The Umbrella Academy star – who appeared in the 2017 remake of the ’90s psychological horror thriller – has alleged in his new memoir Pageboy (via Entertainment Weekly) that there were unsafe stunts, racism, misogyny and queerphobia on the set.He first detailed a scene in which he and co-star Kiersey Clemons found themselves performing a stunt without adequate safety measures.“We were getting ready for a car stunt when Kiersey and I realised that everyone had a built-in thick seat belt, except for us,” Page wrote. “No restraints, a basic safety measure of the carefully orchestrated, expensive, and elaborate stunt that hadn’t been thought through… We looked to the various stunt crew members strapping the others in, perplexed, questioning why we weren’t being secured for the scene.
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—including details of a two-year secret love affair with a woman and fellow actor who was still in the closet.Page doesn't identify the actress by name, and we don't know if this person is out privately or publicly yet, so he refers to her in the book as “Ryan” which is how her number was saved in his phone. According to Page, he and Ryan first met at a coffee shop in LA, and fell deeply in love while filming a movie together.
Elliot Page has said he “got sick” on the set of Christopher Nolan’s Inception due to stress.Page, who has just published his new memoir, Pageboy, appeared in the film as Ariadne in the hit film alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy.In the memoir, Page revealed that he came down with a case of shingles, which “popped out of my spine” while filming. Page said he thought this was because of the stress caused by being part of “a cast full of cis men”.He explained: “Despite everyone being delightful to work with, I felt out of place… I did not understand the role I found myself in.
Pageboy, actor Elliot Page has opened up about their past romance with Kate Mara.Page revealed the relationship happened “right after” they came out as gay in 2014. In 2020, Page later came out as a trans man.In an extract from the book shared with People, Page said: “The first person I fell for after my heart was broken was Kate Mara.”“She had a boyfriend at the time, the lovely and talented Max Minghella.
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Sharing his story. Elliot Page recounts his experience coming out as transgender in the public eye in his new memoir, Pageboy.
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sharing his story today, Elliot Page is not exempt from the transphobia that unfortunately runs rampant in society, even in the famously queer-friendly neighborhood of West Hollywood.Ahead of the release of his memoir, Pageboy, the Oscar-nominated actor revealed that in 2022, he had a scary encounter at the corner of Sunset and La Cienega. A male stranger approached and yelled, “I’m going to f—ing gay bash you, faggot,” Page recalled to the .
Los Angeles Times.“I’m going to f–king gay bash you, fa—t,” the man yelled, forcing the actor to bolt toward the store in fear.Employees at the Pink Dot escorted a terrified Page into the shop, but the man allegedly followed him and stood at the store’s doorway.“This is why I need a gun,” the maniac reportedly yelled at Page through the glass door.Page — whose deadname was Ellen Page — revealed he was transgender in 2020. Now, he says he no longer feels safe in Los Angeles.“Now when I’m in Los Angeles, I don’t feel comfortable like I used to going for walks,” The Canadian-born entertainer said.The ordeal may have shaken the actor, but he acknowledged that he has the privilege to stay in safer hotels and hire security if needed, unlike most people living in LA.“Doesn’t mean it’s not traumatic, but I have resources that, in every instance that is difficult, protect and can shield me from these things,” Page told the outlet.The “Juno” star’s recounting of the alleged verbal assault and threats comes in the wake of another story she recently shared in his upcoming memoir “Pageboy,” about when a “famous a–hole” told him being gay “doesn’t exist.”Page, who came out as gay in February 2014, claims that an unnamed A-list actor told him he was going to “f—k you to make you realize you aren’t gay,’” at a birthday party in Los Angeles shortly after coming out.He “purposely” did not name the accused high-profile celebrity but said they would “hear about this and know it’s him.”The actor added that another celebrity, whom he describes only as an “acquaintance,” insisted, “‘You aren’t gay.
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