Elliot Page

The actor also says what we all knew: "Juno" is a trans film.

In the spread itself, he’s featured wearing a variety of monochromatic outfits: a white camp shirt unbuttoned at the bottom to expose his chest, patterned trousers and a pin-stripe shirt, a checkered suit worn over a Cheap Trick band tee. “Instead, you have ideas blossoming in your mind, not constant feelings of shame and self-hatred.” The actor is featured on the cover of the summer issue of Esquire wearing the classic transmasc uniform of a white undershirt, black pants, and a little chain necklace.

''Intense depression, anxiety, severe panic attacks. I couldn't function.'' ... Trigger Warning: this article mentions mental health and suicide and may be ...

And thank God, here I am." "Not being able to get through a script—could not. 'Oh, f–k you, you're famous, and you have money, and you had to wear a dress, boo-hoo'. I don't not understand that reaction. I look back at the photos and I'm like…?" I saw I wanted to wear a suit, and Fox Searchlight was basically like, 'No, you need to wear a dress'. And they took me in a big rush to one of those fancy stores on Bloor Street. They had me wear a dress, and… I remember the premiere of Juno at the Toronto International Film Festival."

Page pinpointed one moment during the “Juno” rollout in which executives at the film's distributor, Fox Searchlight, demanded he wear a dress on the red carpet.

“And they took me in a big rush to one of those fancy stores on Bloor Street. They had me wear a dress, and…that was that. So I said I wanted to wear a suit, and Fox Searchlight was basically like, ‘No, you need to wear a dress,'” Page said. Elliot Page opened up to Esquire magazine about how difficult it was on his mental health to have to endure the awards season press tour for “ Juno” while being in the closet.

Page grappled heavily with depression and anxiety. He had panic attacks. He struggled with food. He said when he was shooting a large film like “Inception,” he ...

"I wish I could go back and experience it now," Page said. And then all the Juno press, all the photo shoots— Michael Cera was in slacks and sneakers," Page said. "People, especially teenage girls, really responded to that character, Juno," Page added. There were days when I'd only have one meeting, and I'd leave my house to go to the meeting and have to turn around," Page said. "I don't not understand that reaction. "This sounds strange to people, and I get that people don't understand," Page said.

For an Esquire cover story timed to LGBTQ Pride Month in June 2022, Elliot Page opens up about the joys, the hardships he felt after he came out as ...

"I know that may sound strange, but I can’t stress enough the degree of discomfort and struggle that I was experiencing that got in the way of everything. He recalled being so "distraught" when he was told that he couldn't play soccer with the boys anymore. He said that he was fearful the stranger might get violent with him if he responded. The hatred and the cruelty is so much more incessant," Page added. “I can’t overstate the biggest joy, which is really seeing yourself," he said. As a kid, Page remembered what it was like to grow up as a female to a mother who was a minister’s daughter.

The Canadian actor, who grew up in Halifax and Toronto, found massive success in films like Juno, Inception, and X-Men, but as he tells Esquire, while his ...

Despite the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, Elliot also finds every opportunity to reiterate just how Canadian he is, through and through. It’s not a joke. It’s not a joke. “The people getting canceled are the trans people who are suffering, or killing themselves.” It’s clearly not a joke.” “I remember the premiere of Juno at the Toronto International Film Festival,” he begins. But: It’s not a joke. While The Umbrella Academy star doesn’t explicitly name anyone, he does have some choice words for comedians who use the lives and struggles of the trans community as a punchline. “Can I relate to the suicide problem among trans people? In terms of the actual quality of the response, it was what I expected: love and support from many people and hatred and cruelty and vitriol from so many others. I look back at the photos, and I’m like . . .?” At one point in the interview, he admits that while he was filming Inception, he had difficulties just leaving his hotel room or even showing up to a script reading session.

The 'Umbrella Academy' star pens a guest column for 'Esquire' in which he recalls a troublesome experience during the 'Juno' premiere, describes the great ...

Page asks: “You wouldn’t say to J-Law or Rooney Mara or someone, are they worried about getting typecast as cis straight women?” The actor says that, at the same time, of course he wants a space where trans people are getting cast as cis characters. “I remember the premiere of Juno at the Toronto International Film Festival,” Page recalls, adding that he grew up working in Canada and wasn’t accustomed to the idea of having a stylist. Reflecting on the situation now, Page writes that it was “extremely fucked up,” and he shouldn’t have to treat it “like just this thing that happened—this somewhat normal thing.” The actor emphasizes: “It’s like: No. Regardless of me being trans! “I wish I could go back and experience it now. And then all the Juno press, all the photo shoots — Michael Cera was in slacks and sneakers. “There were moments of wanting to not be here, but that was just the sensation that I was left with.

When Elliot Page was promoting Juno, he was forced to wear a dress. The actor details just how badly it affected his mental and physical health.

And yet, for example, when I was shooting Inception, I could pretty much not leave whatever hotel I’d be staying in." I don’t not understand that reaction. "I was living the life and my dreams were coming true, and all that was happening.

Elliot Page has penned an essay for Esquire about his experience as a transgender man.

"The greatest joy is just being able to feel present, literally, just to be present," he wrote. "I know I look different to others, but to me I'm just starting to look like myself," he wrote. "In terms of the actual quality of the response, it was what I expected: love and support from many people and hatred and cruelty and vitriol from so many others," he wrote.

In a new interview with "Esquire," Elliot Page opens up about feeling seen and heard after transitioning, and the joys of filming "The Umbrella Academy."

Years have gone by, and we’ve changed and grown in our own ways,” he continued. I think we need to utilize all of our privilege in our own ways. “All of us have gone through a lot. Elliot and other trans people continue to face staggering levels of hate and discrimination on an everyday basis, which the actor expressed in describing a recent disturbing incident. Transphobia is just so, so, so extreme. I know I look different to others, but to me I’m just starting to look like myself.

Page went on to land an Academy Award nomination for portraying a sarcastic teen who struggles with putting her unborn child up for adoption. “When 'Juno' was ...

Page credits longtime pal and fellow Oscar nominee Catherine Keener for teaching him to “live my truth and to take care of my heart” prior to coming out. “I shouldn’t have to treat it like just this thing that happened — this somewhat normal thing. “So yeah, in my early to mid-twenties, I didn’t know how to tell people how unwell I was. I look back at the photos, and I’m like . . .?” “I’ve had to have plenty of devil’s-advocate conversations with cis people who were like, ‘Well, I’m not trans and I could wear a skirt!’ And it’s like, cool. Page, who came out as transgender in 2020, endured “intense depression, anxiety, and severe panic attacks” after his rise to stardom from the Jason Reitman-directed teen pregnancy dramedy.

In a new profile, actor Elliot Page opens up about his childhood, the trans experience, and he reflects on times in his career that “almost kill[ed]” him.

So I said I wanted to wear a suit, and Fox Searchlight was basically like, ‘No, you need to wear a dress.’ And they took me in a big rush to one of those fancy stores on Bloor Street. They had me wear a dress, and . . . that was that. “I shouldn’t have to treat it like just this thing that happened—this somewhat normal thing. “I think of times when people actively were like, “No, you need to wear a dress” in very, very, very pivotal moments. I remember the premiere of Juno at the Toronto International Film Festival,” Page says. One of these “pivotal” moments took place during the red carpet premiere of Jason Reitman’s Juno. But that’s mixed with: I wish people would understand that that shit literally did almost kill me.”