'The Umbrella Academy' Boss on Crafting Viktor's Transition and Elliot Page's 'Beautiful' Reaction (Exclusive)

The Umbrella Academy star, who came out as transgender in 2020 with an open letter, took to Instagram on Sunday (July 3) to share the snap.He captioned the image: “Never thought I would love a passport photo.”The post from the Canadian actor has received plenty of support from his followers, garnering almost one and a half million likes.“The best passport photo I’ve seen,” commented director Reed Morano, while The Umbrella Academy executive producer Jeff King wrote: “That’s a keeper.”A post shared by @elliotpageLast month, Page explained how his own personal transition had been incorporated in the third season of The Umbrella Academy, which premiered on Netflix on June 22.During an appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers, the actor praised the series’ “wonderful” showrunner Steve Blackman for helping develop his character – known as Vanya in the first two seasons, and Viktor in the new episodes.“When we first talked about it, he seemed really excited about incorporating it into the show,” Page explained, adding that the team hired an “incredible” writer, Thomas Page McBee, to help tell the story.“He wrote an extraordinary book called Amateur, which I highly recommend everybody to read,” said Page. “He was the first trans man to box in Madison Square Garden.

Elliot Page seems very pleased with his new passport photo.The 35-year-old actor, who uses he/they pronouns, shared the photo for his new passport, which presumably reflects his proper gender identity and name change.In the photo, the Juno star donned a black T-shirt over a silver necklace. Exciting:Elliot Page gushed over his new passport photo on Sunday, as it better reflected his gender identityTheir dark hair was cut with bangs that rested in the middle of their forehead.The Inception actor wasn't smiling in the photo, which is standard for Canadian passports, as Page was born and holds citizenship in the country.

Elliot Page is getting back out there, and he’s getting a little help from “The Umbrella Academy”‘s Ritu Arya. The 35-year-old actor took to his Instagram Story and shared a photo of himself on a bed next to Arya looking at what’s presumably Page’s cell phone. He captioned the Story, saying, “@rituarya guiding me on my first dating app ever.”

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Elliot Page is getting back out there, and he's getting a little help from 's Ritu Arya. The 35-year-old actor took to his Instagram Story and shared a photo of himself on a bed next to Arya looking at what's presumably Page's cell phone. He captioned the Story, saying, "@rituarya guiding me on my first dating app ever.”Page signing up for the dating app comes some 18 months after he filed for divorce from Emma Portner after three years of marriage.

Elliot Page is sharing some rare insight into his love life.

posted online show the tweet in question from the Canadian clinical psychologist’s account, which reads: “Remember when pride was a sin? And Ellen Page just had her breasts removed by a criminal physician.”Page came out as transgender in 2020, announcing he would now be known as Elliot. Many are now calling out Peterson for “deadnaming” the 25-year-old “Umbrella Academy” star.Peterson, 60, who joined the staff of conservative podcast outlet Daily Wire on Thursday, is infamous for his anti-trans stance. He once claimed on Joe Rogan’s podcast that being transgender is a result of a “contagion” and similar to “satanic ritual abuse.”Conservative political commentator Dave Rubin posted screenshots of the removed tweet online, writing, “The insanity continues at Twitter,” and claiming that Peterson “just told me he will ‘never’ delete the tweet.

Chris Pratt has insisted he has never been to Hillsong three years after Elliot Page accused him of attending an ‘infamously anti-LGBTQ+’ church. The Terminal List star, who actually no longer wants to be referred to by his first name, asserted that he has no connections to Hillsong as he shed light on his religious beliefs. ‘I never went to Hillsong,’ Pratt said.

Elliot Page came out as transgender in December 2020 and his real-life transition was mirrored on the latest season of Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy.Note: Plot Spoilers Ahead.In Season 3, viewers were introduced to his character Viktor Hargreeves in season 3. Page came out as trans weeks before production for season 3 was set to commence. The series show runner recruited trans writer Thomas Page McBee to aid in curating a storyline that felt authentic and sensitive to the trans journey of Page and his character, Viktor. Page praised the showrunner Steve Blackman and writer Thomas Page McBee for handling Viktor’s transition and the character’s storyline with care, stating that he believed the arc “ultimately, and in retrospect, has been really clear in so many ways.” “Viktor’s discomfort and the walls that he puts up, I think without realising, he’s just so folded in on himself and meeting Sissy and getting to feel more embodied and self-assured, and it was really, really quite special to actually reflect on that.” The actor added that he thought the conversations with McBee ensured that they were “really able to feel what that honest progression is.”Transition Is Life Saving, Elliot Page tells Oprah WinfreyPage referenced Viktor’s siblings’ reactions as ones that echoed his own lived experience.

Selome Hailu After four weeks in the No. 1 position of Netflix’s Top 10 chart, Season 4 of “Stranger Things” has finally slipped from the top. Season 3 of “The Umbrella Academy” took that position during the June 20-26 viewing window, having premiered on June 22.

Scots singer Gerry Cinnamon could be doing a Kate Bush after one of his tracks opened the new season of Netflix smash hit The Umbrella Academy. The Glasgow-born singer's song Sometimes features in the first scene of the much-anticipated third series of the comic book caper.

Amber Dowling After falling to the second spot on Variety’s Trending TV chart last week, “Stranger Things” was back up top for the week of June 20 to 26. The show climbed 10% week-over-week in terms of overall engagement as fans gear up for the drop of Season 4’s last two episodes on July 1.Stranger Things stars Millie Bobby Brown and Matthew Modine have a friendship even Vecna can’t destroy https://t.co/7kkgx7RAxd pic.twitter.com/dxaBZKLtY5— Netflix (@netflix) June 23, 2022Plenty of that conversation was driven by a new trailer Netflix released to promote the two-part finale, as fans speculated which of their favorite characters might not live through the upcoming events.

Elliot Page is discussing the way in which “The Umbrella Academy” approached his character’s transition in the new season. 

onscreen transition to his true self loosely mirrored that of the real-life journey for his portrayer, Elliot Page, who came out as transgender in late 2020.The hour-long episode, titled «World's Biggest Ball of Twine,» spent significant time focusing on his journey to becoming Viktor. After learning that his former love, Sissy, would later die, he received the clarity he needed to step out of his box and embrace his true identity as Viktor — cutting his hair as a literal and symbolic way to mark the start to his new life's chapter.When Viktor reintroduced himself to his other Hargreeves siblings, they accepted him immediately and without fanfare before they moved on to the next order of business — figuring out how to save the universe from another apocalyptic event.

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.

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.

Elliot Page returns to the small screen for the first time since he came out as transgender with the debut of Season 3 of Netflix's The Umbrella Academy.In a rather unprecedented move, his show responded to the transition by announcing Page's character Vanya Hargreeves will also transition on the show, to Viktor Hargreeves in Season 3, which debuts on June 22.Page, 35, opened up about his transition on Tuesday's episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers, adding his life has, 'improved drastically.' Transgender:Elliot Page returns to the small screen for the first time since he came out as transgender with the debut of Season 3 of Netflix's The Umbrella Academy Character transition:In a rather unprecedented move, his show responded to the transition by announcing Page's character Vanya Hargreeves will also transition on the show, to Viktor Hargreeves in Season 3, which debuts on June 22Page came out as trans in December 2020, and it was revealed in March 2022 that his Umbrella Academy character will transition as well.When asked if he got to speak with the writers, Page said that The Vampire Academy co-creator/showrunner Steve Blackman is, 'incredible' and 'such a wonderful person.' 'When we first talked about it, he seemed really excited about incorporating it into the show,' he told Meyers.

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.