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After a decade of advocating for gender and sexual rights, The Umbrella Academy's Elliot Page is detailing a homophobic threat he received from an unnamed actor. Page stars in the Netflix comic book adaptation as Viktor Hargreeves, the seventh of the Hargreeves siblings whose estrangement nearly leads to the end of the world and leads to their time-travelling antics. Season 3 saw the character transition from Vanya to Viktor, incorporating Page's own transition, which was met with largely favorable reception from critics and audiences alike.

Page recently caught up with People to promote his new memoir, Pageboy, and breaking down some of the chapters explored in the book. One such chapter, entitled "Famous A----le at Party," reveals that The Umbrella Academy actor was met with a homophobic threat by an unnamed actor shortly after coming out as gay in 2014, where he was told homosexuality "doesn't exist" and would be sexually assaulted...

Elliot Page is sharing his story in his first interview since coming out as transgender. During a conversation with Time, Page opened up about his journey, including a pivotal moment when he got his hair cut short at age 9. "I felt like a boy," Page told the magazine. "I wanted to be a boy. I would ask my mom if I could be someday." Months later, he landed his first role on Pit Pony and had to grow his hair. "I became a professional actor at the age of 10," he added. "Of course I had to look a certain way." Over the years, Page went on to star in a number of other movies, including Hard Candy and Juno, earning an Oscar nomination for...