Elliot Page

'The Umbrella Academy' actor Elliot Page wants critics to understand how transitioning has "improved his life drastically".

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.”

The 35-year-old Oscar nominee appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers Tuesday to discuss the new season of Netflix's The Umbrella Academy. Page's character ...

As a person, as a friend, relationships." The actor added, "To me, it'd be so special for us to all be able to connect and talk about how similar we are in all of our journeys." "I feel a way that I really never thought possible for a long, long time," he added.

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?"

Elliot Page's "Umbrella Academy" character Vanya transitioned to trans man Viktor in Season 3 parallel to the actor after he came out in 2020.

To me, it would be so special for us to all be able to connect and talk about how similar we all are." The actor added: "I feel like it's so unfortunate because we're all on the same team here, you know? I feel a way that I really never thought possible for a long, long time," Page said. The crew also brought trans author and journalist Thomas Page McBee on set where he "helped out" with bringing Viktor's story to fruition. "You don’t even notice the box that you’re in until someone comes along and lets you out," Sissy says. "But last time I checked, you don’t speak for this family."

Elliot Page Says 'Umbrella Academy' Showrunner Steve Blackman Was Excited About Incorporating The Actor's Transition Into The Show.

“What I want to focus on right now, and [it] has been so extraordinary,” Page told the Late Night host, “is the degree of joy that I feel. Thomas came on board and helped out and I feel proud of it and excited for people to see it.” Page told Meyers that they brought on “an incredible writer, journalist, author Thomas Page McBee, who I met doing a miniseries called Tales of the City. He wrote an extraordinary book called Amateur, which I highly recommend everybody to read.

Elliot Page is “proud” and “excited” that their real-life gender transition will be represented through their “Umbrella Academy” character.

Page said “Umbrella Academy” showrunner Steve Blackman was “really excited” to incorporate trans identity into the show. “That’s obviously a big component and part of my life and a beautiful thing to experience now,” they said. “So Thomas came on board and helped out, and I feel proud of it and excited for people to see.”

Acot Elliot Page appeared on 'Late Night With Seth Meyers' to promote season 3 of 'The Umbrella Academy' and discuss how his character's transition aligns ...

So that’s really what I’m focusing on and embracing the most.” Page describes transphobia as “unfortunate” because “whether you’re trans, gender nonconforming, cis, we all have these expectations and limits and constraints because of people’s obsession with the binary and how we’re all supposed to live our lives. The June 21 episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers welcomed Elliot Page to promote season three of The Umbrella Academy, out today on Netflix. The actor spoke about his character’s transition this season, which corresponds with his own. So to me it’d be so special for us to all be able to connect and talk about how similar we are in all of our journeys.”

It's a pleasantly low-key moment on the superhero drama — but it comes at a time of anti-trans rhetoric and backlash.

Viktor is trans, and is imbued with powers even beyond the strength it took to come out; Page is trans, and is a soulful and warm actor in part because of all of his life experiences. The character walks in, with only momentary haltingness and a studiedly casual “hey” to the barber, and sits in the chair to chop off a long mane. But at a time when an ongoing backlash against the rights of trans people simply to exist is rolling across this country, a show depicting the coming-out process as a declaration of self that is possible and that can be met with kindness feels like a worthy thing to put out into the world, if given the opportunity. How could “The Umbrella Academy” best leverage Page’s talent and honor the work he’d already put in on the show, while accounting for the fact that his character, known to this point as Vanya, had for two seasons presented as a woman? It’s seamless — so much so as to remind one both that “The Umbrella Academy” is a fantasy, and that Viktor’s identity within the show is perhaps less significant to those writing it than his role in the battle for the fate of the world. And his public disclosure that he is a trans man in late 2020 presented the series with a conundrum as it looked ahead to a third season.

Netflix's superhero series shows what's to be gained from embracing one's true self, even if others haven't. By Melanie McFarland.

We're reminded of that in the current arc's climax, where the fate of everything comes down to a matter of trusting oneself and each other. "You know, I always hated mirrors," he says while looking at his reflection in a shop's window. But on her trip, she discovers her daughter never came to be in this timeline and returns to a confidante who is a man. What breaks their bond is a secret Viktor holds back – for a noble reason that still isn't enough to satisfy the person to whom he was once closest. Diego, Klaus, and Five are the first of his family to whom Viktor comes out, but in the previous scene, we see him getting a haircut, freeing himself of the curtain that partially defined his old mousiness. Only this one differs from the previous, in that it doesn't fundamentally spell simple disaster but a possible reset of life and time as everyone previously knew it. Then again, it's also typical for a band of adopted siblings raised by a father who cared about them only for their abilities instead of accepting them for who they are. In the past, Viktor had transferred a portion of his power to Harlan while saving his life. At the same time, I appreciate the ways that genre fiction like "The Umbrella Academy" strives to do through Viktor's subplot. Season 3 does this on many levels, first by acknowledging the ways Viktor's relationship with Sissy, long dead in 2019, begins the process of unlocking who he really is. Adventuring in 1963 changed each of them as well, most significantly Allison and Viktor, who was known by his previous name at that time. Each explores forgiveness and the wages of emotional damage, and incorporates those psychological trials into stories fueled in some way by an all-consuming desire to realize one of life's impossibilities: a do-over.

With 'The Umbrella Academy' Season 3 out now on Netflix, fans are wondering if star Elliot Page is dating anyone after his recent divorce from wife Emma ...

Elliot’s existence is a gift in and of itself. The Juno star was reportedly spotted on invite-only dating app Raya in September 2021 (Ben Affleck, Lizzo, Channing Tatum, Drew Barrymore, and other celebrities have also used the app). According to Page Six, his alleged Raya profile played Annie Lennox’s 1995 cover of Neil Young’s “Don’t Let It Bring You Down,” and included pictures of Page with his dog and posing in a shirt that reads “protect trans kids.” “We have the utmost respect for each other and remain close friends.”

'Umbrella Academy' creator Steve Blackman discusses Viktor's transition in Season 3 of the Netflix series.

I talked with Elliot and Thomas through the whole thing, and I’m really proud of how we did it. Equally crucial was the reaction from Viktor’s siblings upon hearing the news. According to series creator Steve Blackman, The Umbrella Academy‘s Season 3 scripts were complete when Page called him to share the news of his transition, and Blackman felt it was “very important” that he and Page collaborated on how to incorporate Viktor’s transition into already-written scripts.

Page shared that showrunner Steve Blackman “​​seemed really excited about incorporating [Page's transition] into the show.” Page also brought the writer Thomas ...

“The times in my life where I was the most uncomfortable, where I was the most unwell — those were the times when I was the most angry and I was the most unkind to myself.” Page emphasized again that transition has “improved his life drastically,” and expressed a hope that those who “have an issue” with him “could maybe try and hear that and embrace that as well.” “What I want to focus on right now — and it's been so extraordinary — is the degree of joy that I feel, the degree of presence that I feel,” Page said. “So Thomas came on board and helped out and I feel proud of it and excited for people to see it.”

The actor -- who is known for starring in Netflix's smash hit, "The Umbrella Academy" -- came out as transgender in December 2020.

“It’s like, we’re all on the same team here, you know? “I feel a way that I really never thought possible for a long, long time. So that’s really what I’m focusing on and embracing the most.

Page has spoken about his "The Umbrella Academy" character Viktor coming out as transgender in Season 3 and how "proud" he is of the storyline.

It was really an incredibly collaborative process, but I think it's a very honest story and the fans will appreciate how we dealt with it." Elliot Page is 'Proud' of Umbrella Academy Season 3 and Viktor's Transition Elliot Page 'Proud' of 'Umbrella Academy' Season 3 and Viktor's Transition

In the season's second episode, Page's character is reintroduced as Viktor, who tells his siblings: “It's who I've always been.”

“You couldn’t have known,” Viktor says, “because, I mean, I didn’t fully.” He says that Sissy “opened something in me. I guess that’s not true.” When asked what he sees in his reflection now, Viktor replies: “Me. Just me.” Instead, his becoming would need to happen within the first episodes, and without the hand-holding usually provided for cisgender audiences. But when Diego (David Castañeda) calls him “Vanya,” he corrects them: “It’s Viktor.” “Love the haircut,” Klaus (Robert Sheehan) says, as Five (Aidan Gallagher) offers a smile and nod. I’m not ready to give that up.” When Allison calls Viktor a “good sister,” he appears to grapple with that label.