Elliot Page changed his pronouns on December 1, 2020. Photo: AP
In 2023, Elliot Page, the star of the Netflix series umbrella academy 3, will publish his memoirs in which he will collect his experiences as a trans actor in Hollywood. Among his stories there will probably be one that has to do with Brett Ratner, the director who for the first time “exposed” his sexual orientation in front of all his classmates.
A business meeting with the director of X-Men 3: The Final Battle and the cast was instrumental in the life and work of Page, who at the time (it was 2005) was 18 and still called Ellen. It was 2017 – eleven years after the premiere of the film – when Page told in her networks how badly she had worked under the director’s orders.
The main allegation concerned the fact that at the aforementioned meeting said the director, referring to Page and with his present, to another woman: “You should fuck her so she realizes she’s gay.”
Elliot Page has been recognized as a trans man since 2020. Photo: REUTER
“I was a young adult who hadn’t come out yet. I knew I was gay, but I didn’t know it, so to speak. I felt violated when it happened … This man, who threw me into the movie, started our months of filming at a work event for this hideous and indisputable motive. It “exposed” me without regard to my well-being, an act we all recognize as homophobic, “Ellen said at the time.
This comment led to very unpleasant sequels that stayed with her for “a long time” and certainly influenced her career in Hollywood. Before working for Ratner, Page had excelled only in exasperation Candy It’s inside mouth to mouthfilms that led her to Junethe project that finally consecrated him.
Brett Ratner, the director accused by Page. Photo: AFP
“This public and aggressive outing has left me with long-standing feelings of shame, one of the most destructive outcomes of homophobia … Ratner’s comment has come to mind many times over the years I’ve encountered homophobia and dealt with feelings of reluctance and uncertainty about the industry and my future in it, ”concluded the actress on the subject.
This is what Ellen was like when she starred in Ratner’s superhero movie. Photo: AFP
Page’s statements in 2017 came in the midst of a context full of complaints from Hollywood bigwigs, being the producer Harvey Weinstein the greatest targeted.
She was not the only one who, at the time, denounced Ratner for his inappropriate behavior. The director and producer has also received allegations of harassment, abuse and rape from other women. the actresses Olivia Munn Y Natasha Henstridge there were two who joined Page.
At the same time, Anna Pakinan actress present at the fateful meeting in which the director unmasked his partner, has publicly expressed her support for Ellen.
Left of everything, Ellen. Fourth and in black, Anna Paquin. The female cast of X-Men 3. Photo: AFP
Martin Singer, Ratner’s attorney, denied everything on behalf of the director. The director left the industry between 2015 and 2017 and only last year did he return to the front pages of the media because it was announced that he would direct a film about the pop duo. Millie Vanilli.
This news did not go well in Hollywood. Time’s Up president, the lawyer Tina Chensigned a statement to protest his return to the limelight of a film project.
“Our movement is the result of countless acts of courage by many survivors, including those who have spoken of what they have endured at the hands of Brett Ratner. Not only did he never acknowledge or apologize for the damage caused, but he also attempted to silence survivors’ voices, a typical strategy in the predator’s playbook. You don’t leave for a couple of years and then come back pretending nothing has happened. We do not forget and we will never forget, “said Tchen.
Since then, little has been heard of Ratner’s project.
Page when she was still Ellen, in 2017. Photo: EFE
On the other hand, Brett wasn’t the only director Page struggled with. The actor pointed out that he had suffered harassment and homophobic attacks throughout his life and pointed out that at 16, an anonymous director touched his leg under the table and said to him: “You have to take the step, I can.”
“I was sexually assaulted to be grabbed months later. A director asked me to sleep with a man in his 20s and tell him about it, “continued Ellen.
Woody Allen it was another one he had a bad experience with. It was given in To Rome with love and doesn’t include many details: “It was the biggest regret of my career. I’m ashamed I did. I had yet to find my voice and it wasn’t who I am now and I felt pressured, because ‘obviously you have to say yes to this Woody Allen movie.
Source: Clarin
