Elliot Page has claimed he had a sexual relationship with his Juno co-star Olivia Thirlby while the pair worked together on the film in Vancouver more than a decade ago.
The actor, now 36, has opened up about his life and career in the newly-released memoir Pageboy, including having written about experiences he had working on Juno (2007).
He starred as the title character in the award-winning film, appearing alongside the likes of co-star Olivia, now also 36, who was cast in it as Juno’s on-screen friend Leah.
It has now been claimed the colleagues engaged in a sexual relationship off-screen, with Elliot having said that their alleged intimacy ‘helped [his] shame dissipate.
Elliot wrote about his former co-star Olivia in his new memoir Pageboy, with excerpts shared by People magazine this week alleging details about their relationship.
He wrote that whilst Olivia was the same age, she seemed ‘older’ as well as more ‘capable and centred’.
He added: ‘Sexually open, far removed from where I was at the time.
The actor – who was nominated for an Oscar for his role in the film – added that their chemistry was ‘palpable’ and that he had been ’embarrassingly shy’ around Olivia.
Elliot said that he become friends with Olivia on set but added that they later declared their attraction towards one another.
He said they subsequently ‘started sucking face’.
He said they began ‘having sex all the time,’citing that they were intimate in her hotel room, their trailers and other locations. He teased that they thought they were ‘subtle’.
‘Being intimate with Olivia helped my shame dissipate. I didn’t see a glint of it in her eyes and I wanted that – done feeling wretched about who I am,’ he further commented.
Olivia – whose credits include FX series Y: The Last Man and the upcoming film Oppenheimer – reportedly announced that she was bisexual in an interview in 2011.
Years after Juno’s release, Elliot announced in 2014 that he was gay. He later shared that he’s a transgender man in 2020 and said he was finally pursuing his ‘authentic self’.
Elliot – whose credits also include Netflix ‘s The Umbrella Academy – is understood to reflect on his experience in his memoir, which was released earlier this week on June 6.
A teaser for the new book reads: ‘Acclaimed actor [Elliot] reflects on gender, mental health, Hollywood and much more in his lyrical, intimate and revealing memoir.’
