
Page came out as transgender in 2020, and has stated that he finally feels at home in his own skin.Įlliot's book is now available for purchase. All The Disney Channel Stars Who Have Come Out as LGBTQ We're here We're queer By Megan Lasher Updated: Use Arrow Keys to Navigate View Gallery 11 Slides Getty Images Unless you. That’s something that’s happened frequently in my life, usually corresponding with a panic attack.” That night, after the premiere at the after-party, I collapsed. “I lost it, it was like a cinematic moment. “There was so much press and so many premieres all around the world and I was wearing dresses and heels to pretty much every single event,” Page said. Moana is the latest film in what has been described as Disney’s ‘new golden age’ (Credit: Walt Disney Studios) But conservative writer and talk show host Debbie Schlussel sees a thicker framed.
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Promotion of the movie involved red carpet events and after parties which required Page to wear cloths he did not feel comfortable in, which only added to his feelings of isolation. “For the first two weeks of the film I joked I would be recast with Keira Knightley, and rightfully so.” In a cast full of cis men, I did not understand the role I found myself in.” In Disneys continuing LGBTQ+ representation, the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Mack Wrestles tells the real-life story of Mack Beggs, a trans wrestler from Texas who has struggled against the stigma surrounding trans athletes in sports a topic that has become a hot button issue in recent years.

“Despite everyone being delightful to work with, I felt out of place.

“Shingles popped out of my spine while filming Inception when I was 22,” Page writes (via Variety). Page - who hadn't come out as gay at the time - opens up about his time shooting the film in his new memoir, “Pageboy,” and reveals that he experienced high levels of anxiety due to feeling out of place among the mostly cis male cast. Christopher Nolan's 2010 sci-fi classic Inception featured a large ensemble cast, including Elliot (then Ellen) Page as audience surrogate Ariadne, aka the Architect.
