{"id":2027829,"date":"2023-09-11T11:34:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T15:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elliot-page-attends-toronto-international-film-festival-as-leading-man\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T11:35:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T15:35:38","slug":"elliot-page-attends-toronto-international-film-festival-as-leading-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elliot-page-attends-toronto-international-film-festival-as-leading-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Elliot Page stars as &#8216;leading man&#8217; at Toronto International Film Festival."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felliot-page-attends-toronto-international-film-festival-as-leading-man%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2027829&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Elliot Page Celebrates Leading Role \u2063at Toronto International \u2064Film Festival<\/h2>\n<p>Elliot\u200c Page,\u200d the \u2063talented Canadian actor formerly known as\u2062 Ellen Page, made a stunning appearance at the Toronto International Film \u2064Festival to mark the release of Close to You, his first role as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-new-top-national-security-lawyer-deletes-tweets-has-history-of-pushing-conspiracy-theories\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s New Top National Security Lawyer Deletes Tweets, Has History Of Pushing Conspiracy Theories\">leading man<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The film tells the captivating story of Sam, a transgender man, who returns home after battling depression and faces a \u2063family \u2063struggling to accept his transition.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dominic Savage, the brilliant director behind the film, revealed that the project was deeply rooted in Page&#8217;s\u200c own life experiences.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;Made with Elliot, for Elliot, and because of Elliot&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;This film was made with Elliot, for Elliot, and because\u200c of Elliot,&#8221; Savage passionately declared before the film&#8217;s premiere on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the ongoing strikes by the Writers\u200c Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television \u200band Radio Artists, \u200dPage, a biological female \u2064who\u2063 identifies as male, fearlessly attended TIFF, making him one of the \u200dfew Hollywood figures to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Close to You, being an independent film, allowed Page to attend TIFF through an interim agreement with SAG-AFTRA, even amidst the union&#8217;s \u200bstrike.<\/p>\n<p>As Page took the stage, the audience erupted in cheers and applause, creating &#8220;one of \u200cthe most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alanis-morissette-said-she-dropped-out-of-latest-performance-because-of-anti-woman-sentiment-reminds-fans-to-vote\/\" title=\"Alanis Morissette Said She Dropped Out Of Latest Performance Because of \u2018Anti-Woman\u2019 Sentiment, Reminds Fans To Vote\">incredible experiences<\/a>&#8220;\u200c of his career, as he described it.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In the film, Sam confronts misgendering, isolation, and \u200dbigotry \u2064from his family, but a heartwarming \u200dreconnection \u2063with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/read-the-alleged-texts-is-jonah-hill-manipulative-and-abusive-or-did-he-do-nothing-wrong\/\" title=\"Did Jonah Hill act manipulatively and abusively, or did he do nothing wrong? Read the alleged texts.\">high school crush<\/a>, Katherine, brings joy and love into his life.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Page was drawn to the\u2062 project by\u2064 the profound relationship between Sam and Katherine, as he explained:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;When [Savage] first talked about this idea, it was mostly \u200babout meeting someone from your past \u2014 that was the initial \u200dspark that interested us. And then, it turned into going home to the family. That journey and the complexities and the nuanced elements of those\u2063 relationships with family were all things that ended up\u2064 being a big part of \u200bthe story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Interestingly, Page also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elliot-page-attends-toronto-international-film-festival-as-leading-man\/\" title=\"Elliot Page stars as 'leading man' at Toronto International Film Festival.\">shared personal experiences similar<\/a> to\u2063 those faced by Sam in the\u200c film.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If someone misgenders me, I\u2062 don&#8217;t take it personally,&#8221; Page revealed. &#8220;When someone does go to apologize, it&#8217;s great. But let&#8217;s move on to the next moment in our interaction. Let&#8217;s move on before it turns into a bigger \u2062thing and\u2064 becomes about the person who did the misgendering and turns into this whole other energy. These things take a second. It&#8217;s all good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Close to You showcases \u200dPage&#8217;s first &#8220;love-making&#8221; scene since transitioning, which \u2063held\u2063 significant meaning for the actor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shooting on the\u2064 day, I was getting\u200c out of bed \u2063and getting dressed, it was sort of\u200c clumsy, like, &#8216;Oh, it would\u2063 be great, he sleeps shirtless,'&#8221;\u200c Page\u2064 shared. &#8220;It just felt natural. Showing this dude who&#8217;s comfortable and \u2064present \u200band waking up in his body, that means a lot to me. I\u2063 never thought I&#8217;d feel that way, so it&#8217;s nice to get to act it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> to visit The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>identity. Page&#8217;s performance was praised for its authenticity and emotional depth, marking a significant milestone in transgender representation in film. The actor expressed gratitude for the support received and hopes to continue challenging societal norms through their work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2027830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2027829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}