Elliot Page is waiting for Hollywood to give him a call.
The Oscar-nominated actor, 39, admitted in a new interview that he has yet to find his next role after playing Greek soldier Sinon in Christopher Nolan’s smash hit adaptation of Homer’s epic The Odyssey.
During his appearance Tuesday on the On Film... With Kevin McCarthy podcast, Page laughed in response to McCarthy’s suggestion that the performer would be flooded with calls and offers after joining stars like Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron and Tom Holland on the big screen.
“No, Kevin, I’m not,” he said. “So, if someone wants to call me.”
Page, who is transgender, went on to joke: “I know I get some pushback for being… Canadian. I don't know what it's about.”
According to Page’s IMDb page, he has nothing officially in the works after finishing production as the voice of Dusky in forthcoming animated action film Naya Legend of the Golden Dolphin.
The Odyssey reunited the actor and director after Page starred as Ariadne in Nolan’s Leonardo DiCaprio-led science-fiction heist movie Inception in 2010, ten years before transitioning in 2020.
Speaking about working with Nolan again, Page recalled that he had been “uncomfortable” while filming Inception because it had been before his transition.
“I don't know if this is weird or too personal, but when you do ask me about [Inception], I had such a great time being in that movie,” he said on the podcast. “I had such a great time working with [Nolan], but I was also personally really uncomfortable.”
However, he said about filming 2007 romance Juno, “I was able to feel more comfortable and embodied or something like that.”
Page continued: “But I feel now, because that's removed, and I don't have to deal with that when I'm acting in my performances, I am like… I feel like I could maybe do some of my best work now.”
He went on to say that it felt like a “full circle moment” filming The Odyssey with Nolan because he now feels comfortable in his own skin, which led to him breaking into tears after wrapping the movie.
“I think that just feeling more embodied and connected, that's what weirdly lets you let go more, you know?” he said. “Knowing yourself more and embodying yourself more, weirdly, lets you let go more.”
The Odyssey passed Nolan’s previous record and became the filmmaker’s highest-grossing film with more than $1.5 billion globally.
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