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Elliot Page praises Netflix – VG


Elliot Page: – I feel in a way that I really never thought was possible

In the new season of the superhero series The Umbrella Academy, we get to follow Elliot Page’s character in the process from Vanya Hargreeves to Viktor.

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In the work with the season, there has been a great focus on incorporating Page’s own experiences into the storyline.

To Late Night With Seth Meyers says Elliot Page that showrunner Steve Blackman seemed very excited about incorporating Page’s transition into the show.

Page told Meyer he would focus on the joy he feels.

– I feel in a way that I really never thought was possible.

Page also praises the work of journalist Thomas Page McBee, who is himself a trans, who was involved in working to incorporate the transition into the show.

McBee writes in Esquire that many factors were looked at, including how Viktor found his gender identity and how he chooses to show this identity.

The American journalist Thomas Page McBee worked closely with the production of Viktor’s storyline

The story in season 3 continues where season 2 left off, so Viktor could not have come to this conclusion between seasons. Instead, his transition had to happen in the first few episodes, McBee writes.

The script for season 3 had already been prepared, so the job was to design a transition story over the intricate plot of the show. It presented a unique opportunity.

– His story demanded that his “transness” existed as a “texture”, not a defining feature, Thomas writes in the magazine.

Positive

Leader of FRI, Inge Alexander Gjestvang tells VG that it is great that it is presented as something ordinary, and not something sick.

– It’s nice that the series can show that trans is a part of you, but that we are also so much more than just our gender identity. It is just one of many aspects of being human.

Leader of FRI Inge Alexander Gjestvang

In the series, Viktor tells his siblings that he would like to be called Viktor, not Vanya. That Viktor is who he has always been.

In a sequence where the siblings sit around the table to discuss strategy in the face of the enemy and possibly the end of the world, Page’s character says that he has talked to the enemy alone. To this the siblings respond by saying: “Who chose you, Vanya?”

Whereupon Page says, “It’s Viktor now.”

The siblings ask who Viktor is, to which Page replies: “That it is me. It’s the one I’ve always been. Do you have any problems with that? ».

In the sequence, we see that Viktor is afraid of how the siblings will react, but the siblings just say that “it’s okay with me. Cool, I’m happy for you. ” – before returning to discuss strategy.

The Umbrella Academy is in its third season on Netflix.

Possible to stand out

Gjestvang also thinks it is very positive to show how Viktor’s close relatives respond to what is happening.

– It helps to show that it is possible to stand up, without it becoming a huge story of suffering.

He adds that there are plenty of stories where it is problematic and difficult to be queer.

Page shared in 2020 on his social media that he was trans.

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