Elliot Page Returns toUmbrella Academyas Viktor Hargreeves

AsSeason Threeof Umbrella Academy wrapper , the mould andproductionhave revealed that Elliot Page , who uses both he and they pronouns , is returning to the show as Viktor Hargreeves . Previously playing a grapheme namedVanya , the change come in the backwash ofPage ’s own announcementof theirtransgender indistinguishability , and was very likely done to reflect Page ’s own changeover .

As a transgendernerd , I can not overstate how thrilled I am to see this kind of change happen . Besides the fact that this might be a historic rewriting — it ’s hard to recall a character has ever changed gender because the actor playing them has transition — just the fact that there ’s enough respect between Page and the show to adjust the eccentric to suit his raw gender is incredibly heartening . It ’s incredibly difficult to be transgender in any setting , but Page is a wildly popular and visible transmasculine person in an industry that places a lot of weight on appearance and reputability .

The embrace of Page ’s identity will make it easy for Page to land new theatrical role in the future and will help bring more trans people into Hollywood as doer first and trans people secondly . This change also signals to other productions that they can change a character to suit an player of any grammatical gender ( not just trans folks ) in lodge to better respect the histrion play the part and allow for more gender equity in boob tube across the circuit board . At the goal of the daylight , Page deserves to take part and work on production that will honour , even keep , his gender identity . Umbrella Academy take footstep to ensure that Page not only felt well-situated figure out on set , but had the opportunity to take his character reference in a Modern direction … something that all actors should be able to do .

Elliot Page on the Umbrella Academy set.