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Jun 09, 2023

Elliot Page says he had secret hook

Elliot Page has revealed he secretly hooked up with one of his Juno co-stars

Elliot Page has revealed he secretly hooked up with one of his Juno co-stars while filming the iconic comedy movie.

The Umbrella Academy star opened up on his past relationships in his autobiography Pageboy, which was published on Tuesday (June 6), saying he felt "taken aback" by Thirlby when he first saw her.

While filming Juno in 2007, Page said the pair spent most of their time together, with the actor writing that Thirlby: "looked directly at me and said point-blank, 'I'm really attracted to you.'"

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"At that we started sucking face, it was on," the actor wrote. "I had an all-encompassing desire for her, she made me want in a way that was new, hopeful."

He added that they would spend time together "[in] her hotel room, in our trailers at work, once in a tiny, private room in a restaurant … We thought we were being subtle."

Page went on to say that Thirlby "helped my shame dissipate. I didn't see a glint of it in her eyes and I wanted that – done feeling wretched about who I am."

He added that to him, although they were the same age, she seemed "capable, and centred... sexually open, far removed from where I was at the time.

"But the chemistry was palpable, it pulled me in."

Thirlby, who has not commented publicly on Page's memoirs, came out as bisexual in 2011 and told Brooklyn Magazine at that time: "No-one should have to hide their sexual orientation.

"Loving people is a necessary part of being human, and it is very difficult to love people in secret. It's a horrible thing to force people to do. And I am not 100% straight. … I'm so lucky to have a job where it's okay for me not to be in the closet."

Page came out as a trans man in 2020, and recently spoke about the transgender community and how their existence is not up for debate to mark the start of Pride Month.

"There's no debate to trans people's existence – full stop," he said during an interview with ABC News. "It's not a debate. We're real. To debate our existence continuously over and over again, I think it's appalling."

Page explained how Pageboy gave him the opportunity to tell a trans man's story in his own words, to combat "misinformation" and "blatant lies" about LGBTQ+ people.

"I think this period of not just hate, of course, but misinformation or just blatant lies about LGTBQ+ lives, about our healthcare, it felt like the right time," he told People.

"Trans and queer stories are so often picked apart, or worse, universalised."

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