Elliot Page in suit on the red carpet of the Oscars. Photo: Reuters
Elliot Page reflected on the moment when The Young Life of Juno was released, the film that made him world famous in 2007. In an essay for Esquire, the actor denounced him the studio that produced the film forced him to wear a suit at the premiere ceremony.
The world premiere of the Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay was al toronto party. At the moment, Elliot was still Ellen.
“I said I wanted to wear a suit and Fox Searchlight basically said, ‘No, you have to wear a suit,'” Page recalled, noting that before Juno’s boom she could wear whatever she wanted without being told.
Elliot Page at Juno’s press conference at the Toronto Film Festival. Photo: EFE
“They made me put on a dress, and… that’s it. And then all the Juno press, all the photo shoots: Michael Cera was wearing pants and sneakers “.
“It’s easy for people to roll their eyes, but you know what? No. It was really extremely, extremely messed up. Regardless of whether I’m trans! I’ve had people apologizing for things: ‘Sorry, not. I knew, I didn’t know at the time. ‘ It doesn’t matter! It doesn’t matter if I’m trans or cis. A lot of cis women dress like me. That has nothing to do with that, “Page said.
when The young life of Juno was in full swing, Elliot was “locked up, dressed in heels and all the look”. “It wasn’t fair and I didn’t know how to tell anyone about it,” he said at the time.
Page and Michael Cera in a scene from the film.
In his reflection, the interpreter made this clear his problem was not economic, but she went the other way: “I understand people don’t understand. ‘Oh, fuck you, you’re famous and you’ve got the money, and you had to put on a dress, boo-hoo’.” I don’t understand that reaction. But this is mixed with: I wish people would understand that that shit literally almost killed me. “
Finally, the page is complete. Photo: REUTERS
The first photo after the mastectomy
Page caused a stir on social media after sharing her first shirtless photo on Instagram. as a transgender manafter mastectomy.
The photo Elliot uploaded to his Instagram.
the star of the series The Umbrella Academy Netflix showed a photo showing the transformation she was undergoing, even with scars from an apparent double mastectomy.
At one time he showed what he called his “first” swimsuit: “This trans kid’s first swimsuit” was the message the actor shared his first image with. There he displays a marked abdomen in a red bathing suit and black cap while posing in a swimming pool.
On December 1, 2020, Page shared a statement claiming that he is a transgender man and identifies with the pronouns he / they and his name change.
“I can’t begin to express how extraordinary it is to finally love who I am, enough to reach my true self,” was part of the newspaper published by the actor at the time.
Her character in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy.
Weeks later, Page shared his first photo as a transgender man. There he was shown wearing a black T-shirt, a matching cap and glasses with a message in which he thanked his fans and friends for showing support after the shared statement.
Source: Clarin
