Page played cisgender woman Vanya Hargreaves in the first two seasons of the superhero show, but for season three, the character’s name was changed to Victor Hargreaves.
Page played cisgender woman Vanya Hargreaves in the first two seasons of the superhero show, but for season three, the character’s name was changed to Victor Hargreaves.
Actor Elliot Page has announced that his character from the Netflix series “The Umbrella Academy” will come out as transgender in the upcoming third season.
Page played cisgender woman Vanya Hargreaves in the first two seasons of the superhero show, but for season three, the character is named Victor Hargreaves.
The Oscar-nominated actor, best known for films like “Juno” and “Inception”, came out as a transgender in 2020. He shared the news on Tuesday night in a post on his official Instagram handle.
“Meet Victor Hargreaves,” Page posted alongside a character poster from the upcoming season.
according to this DiversityVictor Hargreaves would use the pronouns he/she.
“The Umbrella Academy” revolves around a dysfunctional family of adopted sibling superheroes who reunite to solve the mystery of their father’s death and the threat of an impending apocalypse.
Created by Steve Blackman and developed by Jeremy Slater, the show is based on the comic book series of the same name written by Gerard Way.
The show also stars Tom Hopper, David Castaneda, Amy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Justin H Min, Colm Fore and Ritu Arya.
New cast members for the third season include Justin Cornwell, Brittany Oldford, Jake Epstein, Genesis Rodriguez, Kazzie David and Jevon Walton.