Pageboy: A Memoir – Elliot Page

In Pageboy, Elliot Page documents his struggle with his sexuality, his assigned birth gender, and coming to terms with both while trying to build and maintain a career in Hollywood.  He jumps around, from his childhood in Nova Scotia, Canada, to his involvement in hit films like Juno and the X-Men franchise, to his broken relationship with his father and stepmother, and to his love life, dropping the surprise of an affair with future My Days of Mercy co-star Kate Mara.

Page first appeared on my radar in 2006 when I saw his surprising turn in Hard Candy. He became a breakout star the following year thanks to Juno, and, career-wise, hasn’t really looked back.  His story is a sad one, as it took more than thirty years for him to get to a place where he is finally comfortable in his own skin.  Hopefully, the future bodes well for him, and I look forward to seeing him back on my screen in the future.