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Elliot Page's ABC News Interview EXCLUSIVE Preview
Elliot Page is getting candid astir his enactment life.
The actor, who came retired arsenic transgender successful 2020, recalled the archetypal clip helium had a "suitably consensual" intersexual narration with a woman, penning successful his caller memoir Pageboy that helium and co-star Olivia Thirlby had sex often portion filming the 2007 movie Juno successful Vancouver.
"I was taken aback the infinitesimal I saw Olivia," helium wrote. "Embodied and bold, her agelong brownish hairsbreadth moved successful dilatory motion. We were the aforesaid age, but she seemed truthful overmuch older, capable, and centered. Sexually open, acold removed from wherever I was astatine the time. But the chemistry was palpable, it pulled maine in."
Page, 36, called himself "embarrassingly shy" astir the actress, who played Leah other his large quality Juno.
"She had overmuch much experience," helium said. "I was closed off. It was uncommon I fto thing in, but I felt comfy with her, and I began to poke my caput retired of its shell. We became friends quickly, spending a batch of clip together."
The Umbrella Academy star recalled that he was hanging retired with Thirlby successful her edifice country erstwhile things turned physical.
"She was astir to commencement making lunch, erstwhile she looked straight astatine maine and said point-blank, 'I'm truly attracted to you,'" Page remembered. "'Uh, I'm truly attracted to you, too.' At that we started sucking face. It was on. I had an all-encompassing tendency for her, she made maine privation successful a mode that was new, hopeful."
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He explained, "It was 1 of the archetypal times idiosyncratic would marque maine cum, the archetypal clip I would unfastened up. And we started having enactment each the time: her edifice room, successful our trailers astatine work, erstwhile successful a tiny, backstage country successful a restaurant."
Page said the co-stars thought they were being "subtle" astir their romance, and helium wasn't definite if his ma Martha Phillpotts—who was staying successful his two-bedroom suite during filming—"suspected" anything.
"She astir apt conscionable thought Olivia and I had go accelerated pals," helium wrote. "Which was true. But still, I kept it hidden. Olivia came to my suite possibly once."
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After spending clip with Thirlby and exploring the Canadian metropolis with friends, Page said helium felt truly "reinvigorated" by his acquisition connected Juno. "We said our bittersweet goodbyes successful a curling rink, a precise Canadian wrapper party," helium shared. "My bosom wounded arsenic I traveled home."
Thirlby, present 36, came retired arsenic bisexual successful 2011, telling Brooklyn Magazine, "I americium not 100% straight… I'm truthful fortunate to person a occupation wherever it's good for maine not to beryllium successful the closet." She married Jacques Pienaar successful 2014.
That aforesaid year, Page came retired arsenic gay, earlier sharing publically successful 2020 that he's transgender. His memoir Pageboy is disposable now.
E! News reached retired to Thirlby for remark but hasn't heard back.
