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Elliot Page claims he was “groomed” as an adolescent.
One week after the Juno actor’s tell-all memoir, Pageboy, was launched, followers are nonetheless uncovering stunning truths from Elliot’s historical past in Hollywood — and the newest is that the actor apparently fell sufferer to groomers on set when he was only a teen.
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In one part of the guide, the X-Men: Days of Future Past actor wrote a couple of time as an adolescent in Canada when a director made an unsettling gesture to the actor whereas eating “at Swan on Queen West,” in line with Insider. Elliot didn’t reveal the title of the director, however remembered precisely that as they dined, the director informed him, “you have to make the move, I can’t,” earlier than “stroking [Elliot’s] thigh under the table.”
Eww what a creep. It actually by no means ceases to amaze us listening to about how predatory some highly effective figures in Hollywood are. Poor Elliot.
Elsewhere within the guide, in a chapter titled Leeches, the Inception star recalled different situations of inappropriate sexual encounters with adults when he was only a teen, remembering “on a project not long before” the encounter with the director, “a crew member had done the same.” Elliot wrote:
“In between takes he would talk to me about art and films, [Stanley] Kubrick naturally. He invited me to hang out on a Saturday afternoon. After a walk in the rain he grabbed me, asserting we go upstairs. Pulling me in to his body, I could feel his hard c**k against me.”
Whoa, WTF! That’s fairly insane. Mind you, Elliot wasn’t even 20 years outdated but on the time!
In a 3rd stunning retelling, The Umbrella Academy star recalled a time whereas capturing 2005’s Hard Candy, when he was simply 17, the place he had sexual relations with an unnamed man from set who has since gone on to grow to be a director:
“He was funny and strange, and he was kind to me. We spoke about books, discussed films and obscure, depressing graphic novels. A glint in his eyes made me feel seen, supported. He had a sweetness even.”
Elliot recalled after a wrap occasion for the movie, the person drove him again to the Gaycation star’s residence, the place he guided Page to the bed room with “his hands on my shoulders.” He remembered:
“He laid me down on the bed. Starting to remove my pants, he said, ‘I want to eat you out.’ I froze. After it was over, he tried to stay in the bed with me. I had thawed marginally and told him he couldn’t, to get out. He slept on the couch.”
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What a traumatizing expertise. These Hollywood males are sick… And apparently ladies, too!
Elliot additionally wrote a couple of feminine crew member that assaulted him on a number of events whereas engaged on a movie, and the Whip It star believes it was as a result of his complicated sexual identification in adolescence made him a simple goal:
“As puberty transmuted me into a character I had no interest in playing, my isolation, insecurity, and unknowing grew. I desperately needed to anchor myself. In new cities, with no friends, alone in hotel rooms, it was not hard for someone to prey. I’m sure they sense that.”
What actually disheartening tales. We’re so pleased with Elliot for combating on and telling his reality. What are YOUR ideas, Perezcious readers? Let us know within the feedback down beneath.
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