Elliot Page reveals studio bosses forced him to wear a dress on the red carpet

Elliot Page spoke to Seth Meyers on Late Night last night how The Umbrella Academy incorporated the actor’s own personal transition into Season 3 of the show, which premieres today on Netflix.

Elliot Page greets fans as he arrives for an interview at Good Morning America in New York City on Wednesday (June 22).

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticWhen “The Umbrella Academy” last aired new episodes, in July 2020, its star occupied a different place in the culture, under a different name.Elliot Page, the Academy Award-nominated performer, is by far the highest-profile member of the show’s cast — all playing a family of superheroes perennially trying to thwart apocalypse. And his public disclosure that he is a trans man in late 2020 presented the series with a conundrum as it looked ahead to a third season.

The Umbrella Academy” Season 3, as Elliot Page’s character – formerly known as Vanya – comes out as transgender and introduces himself as Viktor in the season’s second episode.The transition is handled delicately and sweetly, and connects to a major plot thread from Season 2 that carries over into the newly released third season on Netflix. In Season 2, Viktor struck up a relationship with Sissy (Marin Ireland) who was married to another man.

Elliot Page's real-life transition was reflected in an early season 3 episode of Netflix's when his character reintroduced himself as Viktor Hargreeves. Page publicly shared in December 2020 that he was transgender and would use he/him pronouns. In March of this year, Netflix confirmed with a photo that Page's character, who had been known as Vanya and used she/her pronouns for the first two seasons, would now be Viktor and use he/him pronouns.Even with another world-ending apocalypse looming large within the world of, the series dealt a sensitive hand in crafting Viktor's onscreen transition story.

The Umbrella Academy is back on Netflix with a brand new season and in it, Elliot Page makes his debut as Viktor Hargreeves.

Elliot Page is opening up about his life since coming out as trans, and how he's focusing on the joy he feels at embracing his truth and his happiness.The actor sat down with Seth Meyers on Tuesday's, and opened up about coming out in December 2020, and the journey he's been on since — including how his character in Netflix's also transitioned in the forthcoming third season.According to Page, he was a part of the process in crafting that development for the character — and it was a development fully embraced by creator Steve Blackman.«When we first talked about it, he seemed really excited about incorporating it into the show,» Page shared, adding that they also collaborated with trans author and journalist Thomas Page McBee, who «came on board and helped out and I feel proud of it and I'm excited for people to see it.»Page spoke with Meyers about his transition, and specifically the response he received from those closest to him, which Page said was overwhelmingly supportive. «I feel really grateful for that,» Page shared. «Most people [in my life] weren't surprised.»As for some of the negative feedback he's gotten — largely from strangers whom he's never actually met — Page said he's trying not to get bogged down in negativity.«What I want to focus on right now, and has been so extraordinary, is the degree of joy that I feel, the degree of presence that I feel. I feel a way that I really never thought possible for a long, long time,» Page said.

Lori Loughlin walked her first red carpet on Saturday since the 2019 college admissions scandal.

Keanu Reeves and Alexandra Grant turned a red carpet appearance into a special date night. On Saturday, the actor and his artist girlfriend attended the 2022 MOCA Gala held at the Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. The "Matrix Resurrection" star, 57, and the 49-year-old held hands and smiled into each other’s eyes as they walked the red carpet for the outing.

From dazzling makeup to eye-catching dresses and accessories, the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards was a fashionable night to remember!

Elliot Page referenced the numerous transphobic jokes from Ricky Gervais and Dave Chappelle and others in a new interview with Esquire.

a personal essay published to Esquire, Page says his battle with depression and anxiety before his transgender transition were not overblown.“I wish people would understand that that s— literally did almost kill me,” Page wrote in the essay published Wednesday.Before his 2020 transition, Page starred in hits from “Juno” to “The Umbrella Academy.” But in Page’s Esquire essay, “The Euphoria of Elliot Page,” he divulges how he was ultimately affected by the reception to his transition and his apprehension with future roles. “I came out as gay in 2014, and it’s different,” he said of America’s shift in attitude.

Zack Sharf 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. The Jason Reitman-directed abortion drama served as a breakthrough for Page, who earned an Oscar nomination for his performance as the title character.“When ‘Juno’ was at the height of its popularity, during awards-season time, I was closeted, dressed in heels and the whole look—I wasn’t okay, and I didn’t know how to talk about that with anyone,” Page said.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. The actor preferred to wear a suit but his request was denied.

Esquire, Elliot Page revealed what it was like promoting a movie about a teen girl as a , as well as the way he's been treated since coming out in 2020.In 2007, was a huge indie hit, garnering writer Diablo Cody an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and Page, in the title role, a Best Actress nomination. But even though the success gave him the career he'd been working toward, the experience as the face of the film was complicated, to say the least. In a new personal essay for , the Umbrella Academy star revealed how the movie studio went so far as to control his clothing during the press tour.“I think of times when people actively were like, ‘No, you need to wear a dress’ in very, very, very pivotal moments.

Elliot Page is opening up about what it was like for him after he announced coming out as transgender. In an interview with, the star was asked what the reaction was like to his transition when he made the announcement back in December 2020.The 35-year-old actor said he didn't expect the news «to be so big» but «in terms of the actual quality of the response, it was actually what» he expected.«Love and support from so many people and hatred and cruelty and vitriol from so many others,» he told the men's magazine. «I came out as gay in 2014, and it's different.

Elliot Page feels like he can finally just be himself.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway, and also recently performed with Carly Rae Jepsen at Coachella. The musician has also been nominated for a Grammy Award in the past, and now serves as an adjunct instructor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. The pair also share some midwestern roots, as Wooten is a transplant to the city from Chicago whereas the actor grew up in Toledo, Ohio.

Tom Hanks looked as dapper as ever with Priscilla Presley on his arm at the star-studded Cannes premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s highly-anticipated Elvis biopic. The film, which is out in June, stars Austin Butler as the king of rock ‘n’ roll, which follows Presley’s rise to fame. Tom, who plays Presley’s enigmatic manager Colonel Tom Parker, was seen on the red carpet at the 75th Cannes Film Festival with Presley’s ex-wife by his side.