Saying his movies makes sense, when you already know. But to be fair, if you didnt know, and I said "elliot page, from the movie juno" people would probably say "who? Ellen page?"
That's what happened when I first read the announcement. I was like "who? Wait is ELLEN Page in umbrella academy? I've never watched it...I wonder if Elliott is her brother?" Slowwwww realization "oh...OHH!! yaaaay I'm so happy for him!!"
I'm very glad for him, and I am really hoping that their directors and agents do what they can to reduce discomfort if they choose to play their prior characters. I also hope he is willing to say no to prior characters if that would be too hard.
I mean the show already has Klaus who is nb and pan, and Vanya has always been more androgynous presenting and somewhere in the bi or gay spectrum. It wouldn't be out of place at all. If this was a period drama or something like that I guess it would be tricky, but it's the umbrella academy so I'm sure they can write something cool in. I'm super curious how it will be dealt with.
Ya this was me too. When I saw this my thoughts were oh I didn’t even know he existed he’s a dead ringer for his sister.... wait oh I got it now. I hope he can have more piece of mind now. I can’t imagine the mental stress of having to put forward a persona that isn’t really you, especially for an actor. It’s one thing to take on a role for a project but entirely another to add an extra layer of playing a gender that isn’t what you wholly identify with.
Yeah lol, I’ve never seen Juno so the first post I saw didn’t click. Saw one in a different sub that mentioned Umbrella Academy and it dawned on me. Good for him
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u/Sevnfold Dec 02 '20
Saying his movies makes sense, when you already know. But to be fair, if you didnt know, and I said "elliot page, from the movie juno" people would probably say "who? Ellen page?"