Elliot Page recounts the attacks he suffered

The Canadian actor has released his autobiography ‘Pageboy’ in which he reveals the difficulties he had dealing with his identity in Hollywood and revealed that he had suffered sexual assault and harassment.

Elliot Page finally reveals his truth about the difficulties he faced while embracing his identity in Hollywood. The Canadian actor who came out transgender and non-binary in 2020, published his autobiography, pages, this Wednesday 7 June 2023 and some excerpts have been forwarded by TF1. He tells of his journey from his childhood to the present day and in particular the suffering he experienced in the film industry.

In this autobiography, Elliot Page reveals that she was the victim of multiple assaults. First bullying at school, then sexual assault by influential men in Hollywood. He therefore admits he was harassed by a director who “tried”. [le] “Seduce” as a teenager: “His regular lyrics and the books he gave me made me feel special.” He wanted to take me to dinner at Swann’s in Toronto. He stroked my thigh under the table and murmured, “You have to make the first move, I can’t.”

After the shooting too hard candies In 2006, Elliot Page explained that he met a man who “later made his own films” and who allegedly dragged him into an apartment to sexually harass him. “Once I turned 18, there were no limits: it was like people could do whatever they wanted without my consent,” the actor revealed in Juno. In this autobiography, he also tells how he was attacked by an entertainment industry acquaintance after coming out as a lesbian in 2014. “Men are predators and they terrorize you,” he allegedly told her, before continuing, “I’m going to fuck you to make you realize you’re not a lesbian.”

In these pages, Elliot Page also makes disclosures about his romantic relationships, admitting to having been in a relationship with his partner in Juno, Olivia Thirlby, but also with actress Kate Mara when she was involved with Max Minghella. He also trusts in his transgender coming out, but also in his hormonal changes and his breast surgery: “Let me be by your side, happier than ever.”

Elliot Page is a Canadian actor. It is revealed to the public in the thriller Hard Candy and then in the independent comedy Juno. Subsequently, the actor excelled in several roles, such as Kitty Pride in “X-Men”, Ariane in “Inception” or even Vanya in “Umbrella Academy”. On December 1, 2020, he came out as transgender and non-binary and changed his name to Elliot Page.

His film and television debut

Elliot Page was born on February 21, 1987 in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was assigned a daughter at birth. He began his television career in 1997 filming the television movie Pit Pony. He landed roles in the films Marion Bridge (2002), for which he won the ACTRA Award for Best Performance, and Wilby Wonderful (2004), and landed a recurring role on the series Trailer Park Boys. We find Elliot Page in the series “ReGenesis” in which he plays the role of Lilith. The Canadian actor is best known for his critically acclaimed role as Hayley Stark in the film Hard Candy. He also starred in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), The Tracey Fragments (2007) and An American Crime (2007).

Her role in “Juno” (2007), in which Elliot Page plays a pregnant teenage girl, makes him one of the finest actors of his generation. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress and won the MTW Movie Award in the same category.

The actor then went on to film Smart People alongside Dennis Quaid and Sarah Jessica Parker (2008), Bliss (2009),beginning” (2010), “Great” (2010), “To Rome with love(2012). Elliot Page also reprized his role as Kitty Pride in 2014’s X-Men Days of Future Past. He also had the lead role in Tallulah, which came out in 2016. The actor also starred in a video game, Beyond Two Souls (2013 ) was developed by Quantic Dream and released on PS3, PS4 and PC.

Elliot Page joined the Umbrella Academy cast in 2019. In this very popular series, airing on Netflix, he plays Vanya Hargreeves, the second sister of the superhero siblings who is the only one without powers at the beginning of the first season.

Elliot Page first spoke up on February 14, 2014, during a Human Rights Campaign conference in Las Vegas, where he announced that he was attracted to women because “I might be able to make a difference to bring others into a simpler and better way.” to help create better lives.” hopeful life”. He explained when he had the opportunity to be “tired”. [se] Hiding and lying by omission.”

On December 1, 2020, Elliot Page made a second public coming out and announced on social media that he was transgender and non-binary. He reveals that he identifies himself with the pronouns he/they (“il/iel” in French: “they” has a neuter connotation in English, which in this context could rather be translated as “iel”). The actor then changed his first name to Elliot.

After first coming out in 2014, Elliot Page performed for a time with artist Samantha Thomas. Elliot Page has been officially dating professional dancer Emma Portner since 2017. They had already done several choreographies and works together. Their wedding was celebrated in 2018 in the utmost secrecy.