Elliot Page: Becoming | 282
Even the Rich
Wondery
4.3 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Continuing our celebration of Pride Month, today we’ve got another fabulous queer icon for you. Oscar-nominated actor Elliot Page has crammed a whole lot of life into his 38 years. After gaining traction in Canada as an accomplished child actor, Elliot makes the leap into the American mainstream with critically acclaimed performances in movies like “Hard Candy,” “Juno,” and “Inception.” But behind all that splashy Hollywood success, Elliot is hiding a big secret. One that could potentially derail his career. But eventually, he makes a huge, brave leap and comes out as a trans. Even though this bold announcement of his identity is not met with open arms everywhere - he does becomes a hero and advocate for the trans community. Oh, and he’s still one hell of an actor.
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| 0:00.0 | Wonderry Plus subscribers can binge the newest season of Even the Rich before anyone else. |
| 0:04.4 | Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:08.0 | Heads up, Richies. In today's episode, we discuss sexual assault, transphobia, homophobia, |
| 0:13.3 | and some other sensitive topics. Please be advised. |
| 0:28.4 | Brooke, was there ever a time where you felt like you had to pretend to be someone you're not? |
| 0:29.6 | Hmm. |
| 0:31.3 | Interesting question. |
| 0:33.0 | My gut reaction is no. |
| 0:34.8 | Yeah, you're pretty authentically yourself. |
| 0:43.6 | And I'm also lucky to be someone who's not regularly othered to the point where I have to hide something about myself, you know? |
| 0:47.2 | But maybe like in high school or middle school or something. |
| 0:49.8 | I don't know, like when we were dumb kids. |
| 0:54.3 | You had to pretend to be happy for the person that got that role in Chicago that you wanted. |
| 0:56.6 | It was Greece and I didn't pretend shit. |
| 0:58.8 | There we go. |
| 1:04.6 | Well, today's subject built a career pretending to be other people, but off screen he was performing the most painful role of all, hiding his true self. |
| 1:08.9 | For decades, he lived under the weight of expectations, playing the part expected of him. |
| 1:13.7 | But in 2020, with one brave declaration, he flipped the script. |
| 1:18.2 | Since then, he's become one of the most visible transgender men in the world and a powerful voice for authenticity, visibility, and trans rights. |
| 1:26.8 | He's an artist, an advocate, and finally, the man he was |
| 1:30.4 | always meant to be. Today, we're talking about Elliot Page. |
| 1:41.4 | It's December 1st, 2020. |
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