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After spending the past few years working on television and in independent film, Elliot Page made his return to blockbusters this summer in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. If you’ve seen the film, you know that Page plays Sinon and serves as the movie’s beating heart. You would think that his impressive performance — human and emotional without ever being showy — would have Hollywood big shots banging on his door asking him to be in their upcoming projects. Unfortunately, according to Page, that has not been the case.
Page appeared on the On Film … With Kevin McCarthy podcast on Tuesday, where McCarthy asked him if he was receiving “a zillion calls” after the success of The Odyssey.
“No, Kevin, I’m not. If someone wants to call me? I know I get some pushback for being … Canadian,” Page, who came out as transgender in 2020, joked. He told McCarthy that he has nothing lined up at the moment, but that he really wants to get back on set.
“I’d really love to do ideally good work. That’s what I’d love to do,” Page said. He recalled being “personally really uncomfortable” on film sets before coming out, including his first time working with Nolan on 2010’s Inception. (In his memoir, Pageboy, he wrote that he actually got shingles while filming Inception due to anxiety.) Now, however, he’s ready to access a new part of himself as an actor.
“I feel like I could maybe do some of my best work now,” Page said. “I’m not having to literally work through a performance that I don’t even quite know I’m doing [in order] to get to a performance.”
Hello, Hollywood? Let’s get the ball rolling on this era of Page’s career. I’m picturing a Whip It reunion, with Drew Barrymore returning to direct; a mid-budget indie rom-com; or maybe a freaked-out role in the next Josh Safdie picture. The world should be Page’s oyster right now — chop, chop!
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