ELLIOT: People are still shocked at how different I am after transitioning’

The star is making his movie comeback after seven years away from the big screen.

Actor Elliot Page is appearing onscreen in his first movie in nearly seven years (Picture: Rex/Shutterstock)Elliot Page is a happy, comfortable man – and the evidence of that even hits me through the computer screen as we chat on Zoom about his first film role since 2017 with Close to You.Page came out as a transgender man in 2020, later writing his bestselling memoir Pageboy as he continued in his role on The Umbrella Academy for Netflix, who leapt into action to support the 37-year-old star…

Naturally, Oscar nominee Page can bring a lot of context to Close to You, an improvised film that premiered at TIFF last September, giving a powerful yet understated performance

However, he claims there was no grand plan to make his return to movies with a story so closely aligned with his own experience.

‘This word comes up all the time when we’re talking about this project – but it was just very organic. You know, sometimes I’m like, should I be more of a person who’s like, “What’s the next thing I should do?”,’ he smiles.

However, he claims there was no grand plan to make his return to movies with a story so closely aligned with his own experience.

‘This word comes up all the time when we’re talking about this project – but it was just very organic. You know, sometimes I’m like, should I be more of a person who’s like, “What’s the next thing I should do?”,’ he smiles.