Transgender actor Elliot Page revealed Thursday on the "On Film...with Kevin McCarthy" podcast that acting offers had dried up after appearing in Christopher Nolan's blockbuster "The Odyssey," suggesting casting had become more difficult because Hollywood viewed him differently after his transition.Page reflected on the difference between his career before and after publicly coming out as transgender in 2020, suggesting he may need to take a more proactive role in developing projects and approaching filmmakers."I was seen in a certain way before, and it’s different now," he said.
"So maybe there is something to reaching out to people and trying to create projects that way.But it’s a little tricky for me to get cast now, for obvious, pretty obvious reasons.""The Canadian thing," Page joked.Elliot Page said acting offers had dried up after "The Odyssey," despite the Christopher Nolan epic becoming a major box-office success.
(Scott A Garfitt / AP)TRANS ACTOR ELLIOT PAGE ARGUES 'HEALTHY MASCULINITY' IS REJECTING EXPECTATION TO 'SHUT DOWN'Lisa Cusack, president of the Don’t L.A.My Burbank PAC, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that Hollywood’s broader financial pressures should push studios away from political messaging and back toward entertainment audiences want to see."Hollywood might skew as left as it gets, but the industry is struggling right now and can’t afford to push woke politics that lose at the box office," she said.
"Maybe the silver lining is the industry will get back to basics.""People pay to see their dreams and aspirations, not someone else’s woke delusions," she added.Page’s casting as Sinon in "The Odyssey" drew criticism before the film’s release, including complaints that Nolan had injected "woke" politics into the classic story.(Getty Images for Universal Pictures)GLAAD RELEASES 'PARTICULARLY CONCERNING' REPORT SHOWING SHRINKING LGBTQ REPRESENTATION THIRD YEAR IN A ROWPage said the lack of offers had not diminished his desire...