The trans actor talks about being forced to wear women’s clothing on a red carpet in a new interview and candid photo shoot.
Elliot Page spoke about the struggle with women’s clothing on the red carpet in a new candid interview and photo shoot.
He Umbrella Academy The actor, who came out as a transgender in December 2020, appears on the cover of EsquireThe summer edition of the magazine dressed in a white T-shirt and dark Ralph Lauren jeans, with a silver chain around his neck.
Within the issue, Page models more men’s clothing styles from Celine, Giorgio Armani, Gucci and Saint Laurent, looking comfortable with her own skin.
But this was not always the case; in an essay attached to the publication, the 35-year-old remembers fighting to promote his 2007 film June while wearing women’s clothing.
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“When June he was at the height of his popularity, during the awards season, he was closed, dressed in heels and all the look. He wasn’t right, and he didn’t know how to talk to anyone, “said Page, adding that the studio told him to wear a costume to the film’s Toronto Film Festival premiere.
“I said I wanted to wear a dress, and Fox Searchlight basically said, ‘No, you have to wear a dress.’ [in Toronto]. They made me put on a dress, and … that was all. And then all June press, all photo shoots: Michael Cera was wearing pants and sneakers. “
The actor described the incident as “really extremely, extremely fucked up”.
“It doesn’t matter if I’m trans or cis. Many cis women dress like me. That has nothing to do with it, “said Page.
“I understand people don’t understand. Oh shit, you’re famous, you have money and you had to wear a dress, boo-hoo. I don’t understand that reaction. But that mixes with: I’d like people to understand that that shit literally killed me. “
In a 2021 interview for Time – The first Page since he revealed he was trans – the actor said he had “never been recognized” on the red carpet before.
“Although [I was] an actor, just putting on a cropped t-shirt for a woman would hurt me a lot, “he said, adding that women’s clothing looked like a” disguise. “
Since then, Page has debuted at the Met Gala in a sharp Balenciaga dress and reached the 2022 Oscars with a Gucci tuxedo, which he described as a moment of “trans joy”.
This story originally appeared on page six and is being republished here with permission