Elliot Web page’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’ character to return out as transgender

Within the Netflix authentic collection The Umbrella Academy, artwork imitates life.

On Tuesday, Canadian actor Elliot Web page, who performs Vanya Hargreeves within the Netflix collection, introduced that his character will come out as transgender.

On each Twitter and Instagram, Web page, 35, shared a nonetheless from Season 3 with the caption “Meet Viktor Hargreeves.”

In December 2020, Web page got here out as transgender. “I wish to share with you that I’m trans, my pronouns are he/they and my title is Elliot,” Web page instructed followers.

“I can’t start to precise how exceptional it feels to lastly love who I’m sufficient to pursue my genuine self,” Web page, who’s from Halifax, continued. “I really like that I’m trans. And I really like that I’m queer. And the extra I maintain myself shut and absolutely embrace who I’m, the extra I dream, the extra my coronary heart grows and the extra I thrive.”

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Netflix additionally verified that Web page’s character will transition within the new season, retweeting the actor’s tweet on the corporate’s official LGBTQIA+ Twitter, writing: “FEELS SO GOOD TO SAY THIS: Elliot Web page stars as Viktor Hargreeves in Umbrella Academy S3!!!”

The information about Web page’s character answered the questions of collection followers, who’ve questioned since Web page got here out if he’ll proceed to play a cisgender lady on the present.

The anticipated third season of The Umbrella Academy is about to be launched June 22, 2022. This month, Netflix introduced the discharge date within the first official trailer for the brand new season.

The present, initially a comic book collection of the identical title, is a superhero story written by Gerard Method, finest often known as the lead vocalist for the rock band My Chemical Romance.

The story revolves round adopted superhero siblings who clear up the thriller of their father’s loss of life and struggle the specter of an imminent apocalypse.