Elliot Page’s ‘Umbrella Academy’ character comes out as trans in Season 3
“Umbrella Academy” character Vanya Hargreeves is going through their own transformation!The 35-year-old’s onscreen superhero will come out as transgender in season three of the Netflix series.
Page announced the news on Twitter alongside a snapshot of himself in costume.Netflix retweeted his post, writing: “Welcome to the family, Viktor — we’re so happy you’re here!”“Umbrella Academy” is based on the Dark Horse comic book by My Chemical Romance frontman Gerald Way.The series follows a family of adopted siblings who moonlight as superheroes who reunite to figure out who killed their father while on the brink of an apocalypse.
Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Justin H. Min, Colm Feore, Justin Cornwell, Jake Epstein, Genesis Rodriguez, Cazzie David also star in the action series.Season three of the series is set to drop on the streaming service on June 22.Page came out as trans in December 2020 and will be publishing a memoir next year detailing his experiences.The “Juno” actor uses he/they pronouns and announced his transition with a letter on social media at the time. “I feel lucky to be writing this.
To be here. To have arrived at this place in my life,” he wrote. “I feel overwhelming gratitude for the incredible people who have supported me along this journey.
