Elliot Page isn’t done pushing for change.
02.06.2023 - 19:37 / etcanada.com
Elliot Page is opening up about his past relationships.
In his new memoir, Pageboy, the Canadian actor reveals that he had a secret romance with actress Kate Mara in the mid-2010s.
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“The first person I fell for after my heart was broken was Kate Mara,” Page writes in the book, according to People. “She had a boyfriend at the time, the lovely and talented Max Minghella.”
The actor explains that he and Mara got close while he was filming 2014’s “X-Men: Days of Future Past”, and that Minghella was supportive of the two exploring their feelings for each other.
“I never thought I could be in love with two people and now I know I can,” Page says Mara told him.
“This was right after I’d come out as gay and it was a time of exploration and also heartbreak,” the actor continues. “I think my relationship, or whatever you want to call it with Kate, very much encapsulates a certain dynamic that I consistently found myself in, which was falling for people that — I think a lot of us do this — who aren’t fully available. And the sort of safety in that and the highs and the lows and the serotonin bump, and then it goes away.”
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“And I think that is definitely a pattern in my life,” he adds, sharing that he and Mara are still close. “I think the love and care that we have for each other is it’s very own special thing. Separate from the intimacy that I write about.”
Page and Mara, who starred together in the 2017 romantic drama “My Days of Mercy”, will actually be appearing together for a book event this month.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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