Trans man confused why rejected
In an interview on the podcast On Film … With Kevin McCarthy , the actress formerly known as Ellen Page — she now goes by “Elliot” and identifies as a “transgender man” — admitted that offers for film roles have dried up. Page recently starred as Sinon, a Greek soldier who helped perpetrate the Trojan Horse ruse, on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey , which raked in over $1.5 billion worldwide and became the filmmaker’s highest-grossing movie. McCarthy asked Page what she was planning next. “I imagine you’re getting a zillion calls after this movie,” he said. “No, Kevin, I’m not,” Page replied. “So, if someone wants to call me … ” Page implied that it was hesitancy about her “transition” that is at fault. “I know I get some pushback for being Canadian? I don’t know what it’s about,” she joked. When McCarthy asked Page if she wanted to take a break, she was emphatic. “No, I really love to do, ideally, good work. That’s what I’d love to do.” Page said that she had felt “really uncomfo...