Elliot Page has revealed that his life has "improved drastically" since coming out as transgender on the Late Night With Seth Meyers show.
More than a year since the 35-year-old Umbrella Academy star came out as transgender, the actor has reflected on his journey on Tuesday's (June 21) episode of Seth Meyers' show.
"It’s improved my life drastically," Page said about transitioning. "I hope, you know, I hope maybe people who do have an issue with me can maybe try and hear that, or embrace that on some level."
"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," he told the late-night host. "I feel a way that I really never thought possible for a long, long time."
Watch Page's interview below:While Page has been surrounded by a supportive system, the actor has previously spoken about the "hatred and cruelty" he’s received since publicly announcing that he is a transgender man in December 2020, including being verbally abused by a stranger on the street.
The Juno actor said: "I feel like it’s one of those things where it’s so unfortunate because it’s like, we’re all on the same team here, you know?"
Page added that everybody encounters "limits and constraints because of people’s obsession with the binary" regardless of their gender identity, therefore we should "connect" and talk about how our "similar" journeys are.
Page can be seen in season three of The Umbrella Academy, which premiered on Netflix on Wednesday (June 22). His coming-out story has been incorporated into his character, who now goes by the name Viktor Hargreeves.
The Inception actor explained how he was involved in the process of Viktor's story and how the TV show's creator Steve Blackman fully embraced it.
"When we first talked about it, he seemed really excited about incorporating it into the show," Page said, adding that they worked with transgender author and journalist Thomas Page McBee to find the best way to introduce Viktor on our screens.
Ultimately, Page expressed that transitioning "made [him] better" both as a person and as an actor: "It’s a beautiful thing to experience now."
"Because a lot of the time my life was just trying to move forward, so getting to embrace the experience as much as I get to now, I think it’s made me better in so many facets. As a person, as a friend, relationships," Page added.
The new season of Umbrella Academy is now available to stream on Netflix.
