Actor Elliot Page says new offers still aren’t coming in, even after Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey blew past $1.5 billion at the box office.
People can pretend otherwise now, but for months we had to hear the same line over and over: The Odyssey was doomed to flop because it was “woke” for casting Lupita Nyong’o and Elliot Page, a Black actress and a trans actor, appearing on screen while being exactly those things.
Regular moviegoers, obviously, did not care. The film has already cleared $1.5 billion, and pretty much everyone tied to it has landed on their feet. Well, nearly everyone.
No Work for Page
You’d think that after working with Christopher Nolan, Elliot Page’s phone would be blowing up. According to Page, that hasn’t happened at all.
Speaking on Kevin McCarthy’s podcast, Page said: “I’m not getting calls. So, if anyone wants to call me…”
McCarthy sounded genuinely taken aback. He asked Page what was next, and whether he had anything due out soon.
Page’s answer was blunt: “The truth is, no. I’d love to do a great job, that’s what I love doing”.
Apparently, Page has even started thinking he may need to call directors himself: “People used to see me one way before, and it’s different now. I think it’s for obvious reasons: I’m Canadian”.
If only. In a world where J.K. Rowling gets showered with praise, imagine if being born in Canada were the issue. Sigh.
For those of us who want to see Elliot Page do well and stick two fingers up at the world, there is at least one small consolation: he thinks he’s acting better now than ever. “I feel like I could do my best work now.”
Right now, the only credit listed on Elliot Page’s IMDb page is a voice role in a movie about dolphins. Is someone going to pick up the phone already?
