Elliot Page Reveals Why He Was Forced to Wear a Dress on the ‘Juno’ Carpet
Elliot Page, who was in the film Juno, recently recounted his experience at the premiere of the 2007 film, stating that it was a really terrible time for the actor because he had to wear a dress on the red carpet.
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He recently told Esquire that putting up with the awards-season press tour for Juno was a struggle for him because he was not okay with how they made him dress. He stated that before Juno, Page was free to dress however he pleased while on press or at a film festival, regardless of how “fancy” the occasion was. When the studio ordered Page to wear something different at the Toronto Film Festival, things took a turn.
“I remember going and having the thing I wanted to wear and then understanding the degree of expectation of how fancy someone is supposed to look. So I said I wanted to wear a suit, and Fox Searchlight was basically like, ‘No, you need to wear a dress,'” he explained. “And they took me in a big rush to one of those fancy stores on Bloor Street. They had me wear a dress, and…that was that. And then all the ‘Juno’ press, all the photo shoots — Michael Cera was in slacks and sneakers. I look back at the photos, and I’m like . . .?”
Page continued, “And it’s easy for people to roll their eyes, but you know what? No. That was really extremely, extremely f*cked up. I shouldn’t have to treat it like just this thing that happened—this somewhat normal thing. It’s like: No. Regardless of me being trans! I’ve had people who’ve apologized about things: ‘Sorry, I didn’t know, I didn’t know at the time.’ It doesn’t matter! It doesn’t matter if I’m trans or cis. Lots of cis women dress how I dress. That has nothing to f***ing do with it.”
Despite all of the terrible memories, the actor wishes he could go back in time and change nothing. “could go back and experience it now. As me.” A few months ago, the team Instagrammed a photo of his new transition.
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