Elliot Page fans have unearthed a past interview with the actor in which he revealed his true name prior to coming out as a transgender man.
Page, 34, received an outpouring of love and praise from supporters when he announced in December 2020 that he was a transgender man.
The Juno star made the announcement in an Instagram post, in which he wrote: "Hi friends, I want to share with you that I am trans, my pronouns are he/they and my name is Elliot."
"I love that I am trans. And I love that I am queer. And the more I hold myself close and fully embrace who I am, the more I dream, the more my heart grows and the more I thrive," the post added.
Now, following the actor's Apple TV+ series interview with Oprah Winfrey, fans have unearthed an 2019 interview in which Page reveals that he "loves" the name "Elliot".
Sitting down with Cine PREMIERE to promote the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy, the cast of the show is asked by interviewer Arturo Magaña what their real-life superhero name would be, along with their superpower and favorite number.
"I feel like my name would be Elliot, love that name," to which fellow cast member Emmy Raver-Lampman exclaims, "Yes!"
Page then continues: "And my ability... you know what I think would be so cool? I think it would be so cool to be able to, like, to be in the ocean and do whatever the f**k you want - because so much of it has been completely unexplored by humans.
"I guess that's pretty selfish, to just get to go and be like a tourist in the ocean - but you could probably use it for good, you know?"
Check out the full interview below:The original tweet was shared by the Twitter page for the podcast Academy Queens, who wrote alongside the video: "An interview from 2019 with the cast of The Umbrella Academy when Elliot Page told us who he was before we even knew".
The video resurfaced following the promotion of Page's interview with Oprah, which hit Apple TV+ on April 30.
During the interview, Winfrey asks Page what part of his transition has brought him the most joy, to which a tearful Page responded: "It's the little -- Getting out of the shower and the towel's around your waist, and you're looking at yourself in the mirror and you're just like, 'there I am' and I'm not having the moment where I'm panicked."
