With the arrival of Netflix's "The Umbrella Academy" Season 3, actor Elliot Page speaks to Seth Meyers about embracing joy and empathy in activism.
"We're all on the same team here, whether you're trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, cis, we all have these expectations, limits, and constraints because of people's obsession with the binary and how we're all supposed to live our lives," he said. Page announced he is transgender in December 2020, with a moving letter he posted on Twitter about love, happiness, and the fight for transgender rights. In Season 3 of the Netflix show, Page's character, Viktor Hargreeves, transitions — which, as Mashable's Belen Edwards writes, "the show addresses early on and treats with an immense amount of care.
Elliot Page is the star of the Netflix show 'The Umbrella Academy' with Emmy Raver-Lampman, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda and Robert Sheehan among others...
It’s improved my life drastically, and I hope that people who do have an issue with me could try and hear that and embrace that on some level”. In conversation with Seth Meyers on Tuesday’s Late Night, Page discussed how this significant decision has changed his life for the better. “I think it’s made me better in so many facets,” he described, adding, “as a person, as a friend, and in relationships…
The actor also said that he hopes the people who make nasty comments about his transition can “embrace” the fact that his life has been “drastically” ...
“Elliot and I had a long conversation about when and how Viktor may have come to discover his gender identity, and in what ways he might embody that identity in Season 3.” “It’s improved my life drastically, and I hope people who do have an issue with me can try and hear that and embrace that on some level.” However, Blackman was “passionate” about including Elliot’s real-life transition in the show. “So, to me, it’d be so special for us all to be able to connect and talk about how similar we are in all of our journeys.” I think it’s made me better in so many facets; as a person, as a friend, in relationships.” “In my early to mid-20s, I didn’t know how to tell people how unwell I was. That’s what I’m focusing on and embracing,” Elliot told the host. "When Juno was at the height of its popularity, during awards-season time, I was closeted, dressed in heels and the whole look," he wrote. And then all the Juno press, all the photo shoots — Michael Cera was in slacks and sneakers,” he went on. But that’s mixed with: I wish people would understand that that shit literally did almost kill me.” I would ask my mom if I could be someday.” To have arrived at this place in my life.”
Elliot Page said the showrunner of 'Umbrella Academy' was 'excited' to make his character, Viktor Hargreeves, trans after he came out in real life.
“That’s obviously a big component and part of my life and a beautiful thing to experience now,” Page said. [Transitioning has] improved my life drastically, and I hope maybe people who do have an issue with me could maybe try and hear that or embrace that on some level.” Since issuing a powerful statement about their transition in December 2020, Page has been showered with love and support from friends and colleagues, as well as the larger trans community. "[McBee’s] book and his work in general are so much about masculinity and what it means and exploring that,” Page said. Additionally, the show tapped journalist and author Thomas Page McBee — the first trans man to box at New York City’s Madison Square Garden — to consult on Viktor’s character arc. “It’s so unfortunate because it’s like, we’re all on the same team here.
Elliot Page opened up about the newfound "degree of joy" and "presence" that he feels in his life today, nearly two years after coming out as transgender in ...
"A lot of the time, my life was just trying to move forward," he admitted. "If you know a loved one, this news is probably as less of a surprise than those of us on the outside would expect it to be received." "I feel like it's one of those things where it's so unfortunate because it's like, we're all on the same team here, you know?"
The Umbrella Academy star Elliot Page has credited his transition for "drastically" improving his life.
It's improved my life drastically, and I hope that people who do have an issue with me could try and hear that and embrace that on some level." "As a person, as a friend, and in relationships... The actor came out as transgender in December 2020, and in an interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday (June 21), he discussed his coming out journey and the impact it's had on his life ever since.
The Umbrella Academy actor nails the surprisingly tricky ensemble. By Eileen Cartter. June 22, 2022.
“I feel a way I never really thought possible for a long, long time.” There’s a certain alchemy to wearing jeans with a blazer. Taking a page from the Fran Lebowitz book of hardy denim and big jackets, his monogrammed Gucci jacket (and matching loafers!) feels cool and weird at the same time, in the way that only an outfit that could take you from talking on a late-night show to teaching a Philosophy 101 seminar could.