Elliot Page isn’t done pushing for change.
06.06.2023 - 18:06 / etonline.com
Elliot Page isn't holding back in his new memoir,. The 36-year-old star opens up about his journey transitioning from female to male and the struggles the transgender actor has faced throughout his life.From an early age, Page writes he was a victim of abuse and grooming. Saying an unnamed director «groomed» him as a teenager, Page writes that this person texted him regularly and gifted him books.Page writes that one night the director took Page to dinner and stroked his thigh under the table.«You have to make the move, I can’t,» Page claims the director whispered to him, per .Page also alleges that he was forced to wear a dress and heels to the 2007 premiere of his hit film, by the movie's director, Jason Reitman, though he doesn't specifically name Reitman in the memoir.«I was being told to lie and hide.
It puzzled me to watch cis straight actors play queer and trans characters and be revered. Nominations, wins, people exclaiming, ‘How brave!'» Page writes. «Hollywood is built on leveraging queerness.
Tucking it away when needed, pulling it out when beneficial, while patting themselves on the back. Hollywood doesn’t lead the way, it responds, it follows, slowly and far behind. The depth of that closet, the trove of secrets buried, indifferent to the consequences.
I was punished for being queer while I watched others be protected and celebrated, who gleefully abused people in the wide open.»A post shared by @elliotpagePage also points to a 2014 incident shortly after he came out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.While at a party, Page writes that «one of the most famous actors in the world» was drunk at the soiree and criticized him for coming out as gay."'That doesn’t exist. You aren’t gay. You are just afraid of
.Elliot Page isn’t done pushing for change.
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.”
Elliot Page has said working on the reboot of Flatliners was “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.In a chapter dedicated to Flatliners, Page wrote about a scene in which he says that he and co-star Kiersey Clemons felt they were not protected during the filming of a stunt.“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.
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.”
Elliot Page admits he had a hard time filming one of his biggest roles.In an excerpt from his memoir,, via, the 36-year-old actor revealed that he felt «out of place» while filming 2010's -- which led to a shingles flare-up that «popped out of my spine.» «Despite everyone being delightful to work with, I felt out of place...I did not understand the role I found myself in,» Page wrote, noting that he felt that way as a result of working with «a cast full of cis men.» The film was directed by Christopher Nolan and starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy.Though he had no problems with the men on the set, the star said he thought he would be recast by another famous actor at the time.«For the first two weeks of the film, I joked I would be recast with Keira Knightley, and rightfully so,» he wrote.Page came out as trans in 2020. In his book, the actor speaks about his rise from child stardom and opens up about his journey transitioning from female to male and the struggles the transgender actor has faced throughout his life.Inside the memoir, Page writes he was a victim of abuse and grooming, saying an unnamed director «groomed» him as a teenager.
Elliot Page claims he was “groomed” as a teenager. One week after the Juno actor’s tell-a
Academy Award nominee Elliot Page (The Umbrella Academy) is set to star opposite Hillary Baack (Sound of Metal) in Close to You, a new film from BAFTA-winning writer-director Dominic Savage (I Am…), which has wrapped production in Canada.
Elliot Page once declined a big movie role to prioritize his mental health.
—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.
Juno, Elliot Page and co-star Olivia Thirlby were apparently hooking up…a lot. And Page just revealed how joyful the relationship was during a formative time in his life.Thirlby was the "first woman I had a suitably consensual sexual relationship with," the Oscar nominee writes in his just-released memoir Pageboy, per . Both actors would have been around 19 or 20 at the time of filming, but, writes Page, "she seemed so much older, capable and centered.
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.
Elliot Page isn’t leaving any steamy details out of his tell-all memoir.
Elliot Page is revealing another bombshell in his new memoir,. In the book, the 36-year-old actor claims he and his co-star, Olivia Thirlby, «started having sex all the time» after an intense makeout session while filming the 2007 coming-of-age dramedy.According to , Pages writes he was «taken aback the moment I saw» Thirlby.
Things were getting hot behind the scenes on “Juno”.
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.
Elliot Page is opening up about one of the shocking experiences he’s had after coming out as trans.
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.