Mexico City. Sir Ian McKellen said he was happy for Elliot Page, formerly known as Ellen, who publicly announced last month that he is transgender.
The actor, who collaborated with Page on X-Men: The Final Battle, also regretted not realizing his partner had identity issues.
“Everything improves when you accept who you are because you have more confidence. Everything is better in terms of your relationships, with your friends, with your family when you are lucky. In my case my histrionics was connected to change and improvement”, McKellen said. Attitude magazine.
In early December, Page posted a message on his networks expressing his gender identity and asking to be identified with the pronouns he / they have.
Magneto’s interpreter recalled in the movie saga that Page used to be a person whose voice was very low, because he had no security.
And years later he said he was gay, and suddenly he didn’t stop talking and you listened to everything. And now it’s Elliot, I am very happy for him and also disappointed that I have the difficulties he had communicating not noticed, ”he added.
Since 1988, the year he made his homosexuality public, McKellen has become one of the most prominent British figures in the LGBT + community, recognizing that his profession was favored by his openness.
“One of the first plays I did, after making my orientation public, was Uncle Vanya, at the National Theater, and I remember starting to act in Act 3, when Vanya was at the height of his misery. to cry.
“I never could have cried, but now because it was more me, more realistic. That was my contribution to the work and to the character,” he told the publication.