Ellen Page comes out (1 Viewer)

[Christo]

She's too small physically to get most of the leading lady roles.

I'd love see her get a chance to dive into some leading lady parts.

Maybe she can collaborate with Jennifer Lawrence.

I'm with you there. Though, fred will put up a fight trying to pimp out Emma Watson for that role.

The more the merrier

 

[Apple Jack]

She's too small physically to get most of the leading lady roles.

I'd love see her get a chance to dive into some leading lady parts.

Maybe she can collaborate with Jennifer Lawrence.

I'm with you there. Though, fred will put up a fight trying to pimp out Emma Watson for that role.

Plenty of supporting roles to go around.

 

[Apple Jack]

She and Lawrence are both (I just typed boing instead of both, true story) in X-men, so there's currently some hope in the pipeline.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

at Ellen Page being "done for awhile now" and "C-list." She's in a little indie joint coming out soon called X-Men. Probably will only run at the Angelika, so you might have to travel to see it.

The East is a good flick and it's financial success/failure had absolutely nothing to do with her. It was a small movie that received little to no promotion. And it was Zal Batmanglij's and Brit Marling's movie, not Ellen Page's.

Do love me some Gecko woman/gay-hating schtick though.

Yeah, her career really took off after Juno.

And "gay hating shtick"? Lol. Okay.

You're trying way too hard to GG bash.

Speaking of trying too hard.

Also, she was a lead in another little indie joint since Juno called Inception. It only played on a handful of art houses in Germany, but did "ok" bringing in over $800M.

Lol. Dude, you called GG a gay hater. I pointed out how absurd that was and I'm trying too hard? Okie dokie...

She really carried Inception. Another springboard role for her for sure.

Why are you so focused on ragging on her career? No one's saying she's Merryl Streep, but she's a highly talented and successful actress...not sure why you're trying so hard to discount that.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Ellen page strikes me as a female Steve zahn. One note actors who electrify on first sight but the really have no second gear. I think they sort of are those people so they're limited but it's the reason why a guy like Sean penn has never gone near spicoli again.

 

[Fennis]

[SIZE=11pt]I just watched her talk. She did a good job. Very honest, open and emotional speech. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]And after watching it, and reading this thread I have no doubt she is in fact courageous to come out. [/SIZE]

 

[Courtjester]

She and Lawrence are both (I just typed boing instead of both, true story) in X-men, so there's currently some hope in the pipeline.

Blue is the Warmest Color 2--make it happen.....

 

[Apple Jack]

Ellen page strikes me as a female Steve zahn. One note actors who electrify on first sight but the really have no second gear. I think they sort of are those people so they're limited but it's the reason why a guy like Sean penn has never gone near spicoli again.

What he followed Spicoli with pretty much put a pillowcase of soda cans to the idea that he was going to be typecast. That was my first holy ####! over an actor's work.

 

[Hipple II]

makes this promo more appealing...

our editor recommends

Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood Head 'Into the Forest'

 

[TxBuckeye]

Beauty. Celebrity. Fame. Sex.

Yep. No idea why people would be interested in this.

I honestly still don't get it. Then again, I've never understood the fascination with celebrity status. How does Jennifer Aniston breaking up with some guy affect me? How does a female star having a baby impact me in any way? I'm not getting a call from Jennifer, and I'm not getting invited to the baby shower. In all honesty, this whole Hollywood thing has never made any sense to me. So this is really nothing new. To be really honest, I'm actually pretty shocked to see a bunch of guys on a FF site caring anywhere near this much. But to each his own.

 

[zoonation]

at Ellen Page being "done for awhile now" and "C-list." She's in a little indie joint coming out soon called X-Men. Probably will only run at the Angelika, so you might have to travel to see it.

The East is a good flick and it's financial success/failure had absolutely nothing to do with her. It was a small movie that received little to no promotion. And it was Zal Batmanglij's and Brit Marling's movie, not Ellen Page's.

Do love me some Gecko woman/gay-hating schtick though.

Yeah, her career really took off after Juno.

And "gay hating shtick"? Lol. Okay.

You're trying way too hard to GG bash.

Speaking of trying too hard.

Also, she was a lead in another little indie joint since Juno called Inception. It only played on a handful of art houses in Germany, but did "ok" bringing in over $800M.

Lol. Dude, you called GG a gay hater. I pointed out how absurd that was and I'm trying too hard? Okie dokie...

She really carried Inception. Another springboard role for her for sure.

Why are you so focused on ragging on her career? No one's saying she's Merryl Streep, but she's a highly talented and successful actress...not sure why you're trying so hard to discount that.

I'm not. I agree she is talented. But let's not pretend that she set the world on fire after Juno. I thought GG's post was a good take and then he gets called a gay hater by the board contrarian.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

at Ellen Page being "done for awhile now" and "C-list." She's in a little indie joint coming out soon called X-Men. Probably will only run at the Angelika, so you might have to travel to see it.

The East is a good flick and it's financial success/failure had absolutely nothing to do with her. It was a small movie that received little to no promotion. And it was Zal Batmanglij's and Brit Marling's movie, not Ellen Page's.

Do love me some Gecko woman/gay-hating schtick though.

Yeah, her career really took off after Juno.

And "gay hating shtick"? Lol. Okay.

You're trying way too hard to GG bash.

Speaking of trying too hard.

Also, she was a lead in another little indie joint since Juno called Inception. It only played on a handful of art houses in Germany, but did "ok" bringing in over $800M.

Lol. Dude, you called GG a gay hater. I pointed out how absurd that was and I'm trying too hard? Okie dokie...

She really carried Inception. Another springboard role for her for sure.

Why are you so focused on ragging on her career? No one's saying she's Merryl Streep, but she's a highly talented and successful actress...not sure why you're trying so hard to discount that.

I'm not. I agree she is talented. But let's not pretend that she set the world on fire after Juno. I thought GG's post was a good take and then he gets called a gay hater by the board contrarian.

Well, your first problem is reading GG posts.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Another FBG's wish in this thread came true.

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=697261#entry16150797

She's lucky she's gay and not dead.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

I honestly still don't get it. Then again, I've never understood the fascination with celebrity status. How does Jennifer Aniston breaking up with some guy affect me? How does a female star having a baby impact me in any way? I'm not getting a call from Jennifer, and I'm not getting invited to the baby shower. In all honesty, this whole Hollywood thing has never made any sense to me. So this is really nothing new. To be really honest, I'm actually pretty shocked to see a bunch of guys on a FF site caring anywhere near this much. But to each his own.

People are interested in what's going on with other people they're familiar with. If your cousin came out of the closet, wouldn't you take note of it? The rest of us aren't familiar with your cousin, but we all know who Ellen Page is.

People have gossiped since the dawn of humanity, and they've gossiped about celebrities since the first time anyone got famous. It shouldn't be all that mystifying.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Ellen page strikes me as a female Steve zahn. One note actors who electrify on first sight but the really have no second gear. I think they sort of are those people so they're limited but it's the reason why a guy like Sean penn has never gone near spicoli again.

What he followed Spicoli with pretty much put a pillowcase of soda cans to the idea that he was going to be typecast. That was my first holy ####! over an actor's work.

To my knowledge, he has said so little about that role. I can imagine why he pushed away, Arthur Penn's kid could be seen as some kind of dopey California kid. I wonder if there wasn't some element of him in that role but obviously he's a much more rounded person.

But its strange to me that long after that, and he's had a nod to that in some way. I mean, he's won an Oscar, I think the radioactive shelf life of Spicoli has passed Sean.

 

[Apple Jack]

I read an interview somewhere awhile back where they got him to talk about it. All I recall him saying was that Spicoli wasn't too far removed from him and his friends growing up. That it wasn't a stretch for him at all.

 

[Uwe Blab]

[SIZE=11pt]...[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]And after watching it, and reading this thread I have no doubt she is in fact courageous to come out. [/SIZE]

Yes, the pressure on her from this board has been immense for years.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

[SIZE=11pt]...[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]And after watching it, and reading this thread I have no doubt she is in fact courageous to come out. [/SIZE]

Yes, the pressure on her from this board has been immense for years.

Yeah, the gays have it so much easier than everyone else.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

She was great in Trailer Park Boys.

 

[tdoss]

I woke up at 6:00 am today and was sort of bombarded with it. My DIL has taken to posting congrats on her FB page each and every time someone comes out. Then it was all over the morning news. So I basically came in to ask the question I asked.

How did your DIL do work with this information? I bet it was hard for her.

I think you guys are being way too harsh on Tx. He's not saying it's not important for the person coming out, but I agree with him, these announcements aren't really earth shattering, and I don't know why we should call a multi-millionaire 'courageous' for coming out in a very pro-gay right Hollywood. Now a 16 year old in HS, totally different world.

It's also not earth shattering when an actress gets married, or has a child. Yet those things get reported on as well. Sorta agree with you on the courageous thing.

Is it one of those "living vicariously through others" things or something?

Sure. I'd like to live vicariously through all the hot Hollywood tail Page is probably plowing through.

Kate Mara asked Ellen to be her valentine.

My God that woman stirs me

 

[Aerial Assault]

Jeebus. This thread revealed some real characters. And sort of neatly proved why such an announcement does take guts, even today. Great job?

Nice "Bad Boys" reference by Apple Jack, though.

 

[tdoss]

Jeebus. This thread revealed some real characters. And sort of neatly proved why such an announcement does take guts, even today. Great job?

Nice "Bad Boys" reference by Apple Jack, though.

Pisses me off every time I'm channel surfing and see its on and think "Cool...I love that movie" only to find its that Will Smith/Martin Lawrence flick.

 

[Uwe Blab]

[SIZE=11pt]...[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]And after watching it, and reading this thread I have no doubt she is in fact courageous to come out. [/SIZE]

Yes, the pressure on her from this board has been immense for years.

Yeah, the gays have it so much easier than everyone else.

In Hollywood.

 

[Aerial Assault]

Jeebus. This thread revealed some real characters. And sort of neatly proved why such an announcement does take guts, even today. Great job?

Nice "Bad Boys" reference by Apple Jack, though.

Pisses me off every time I'm channel surfing and see its on and think "Cool...I love that movie" only to find its that Will Smith/Martin Lawrence flick.

Same. Holy crap, that movie is over 30 years old.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

[SIZE=11pt]...[/SIZE]

[SIZE=medium]And after watching it, and reading this thread I have no doubt she is in fact courageous to come out. [/SIZE]

Yes, the pressure on her from this board has been immense for years.

Yeah, the gays have it so much easier than everyone else.

In Hollywood.

How many openly gay movie stars are there?

 

[Aerial Assault]

...

And after watching it, and reading this thread I have no doubt she is in fact courageous to come out.

Yes, the pressure on her from this board has been immense for years.

Yeah, the gays have it so much easier than everyone else.

In Hollywood.

Thank goodness films are only screened in a few blocks of the Los Angeles area.

 

[Uwe Blab]

C'mon...when's the last time anyone has given two craps about a gay actor/actress in a movie they're seeing? Couragous is silly.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Jeebus. This thread revealed some real characters. And sort of neatly proved why such an announcement does take guts, even today. Great job?

Nice "Bad Boys" reference by Apple Jack, though.

I read right through that, bad job out of me, haven't seen it in years.. had he mentioned acid on the fence or exploding boom boxes I would have been on board

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Ellen seems to be a common name for lesbians.

 

[Daywalker]

Ellen page strikes me as a female Steve zahn. One note actors who electrify on first sight but the really have no second gear. I think they sort of are those people so they're limited but it's the reason why a guy like Sean penn has never gone near spicoli again.

What he followed Spicoli with pretty much put a pillowcase of soda cans to the idea that he was going to be typecast. That was my first holy ####! over an actor's work.

To my knowledge, he has said so little about that role. I can imagine why he pushed away, Arthur Penn's kid could be seen as some kind of dopey California kid. I wonder if there wasn't some element of him in that role but obviously he's a much more rounded person.

But its strange to me that long after that, and he's had a nod to that in some way. I mean, he's won an Oscar, I think the radioactive shelf life of Spicoli has passed Sean.

It is odd. Would love to see him in a Coen Bros. comedy.

 

[Uwe Blab]

...

And after watching it, and reading this thread I have no doubt she is in fact courageous to come out.

Yes, the pressure on her from this board has been immense for years.

Yeah, the gays have it so much easier than everyone else.

In Hollywood.

How many openly gay movie stars are there?

Hmmm, here's the first 200 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gay_actorsSlightly behind the list of Tony award nominees.

 

[pollardsvision]

...

And after watching it, and reading this thread I have no doubt she is in fact courageous to come out.

Yes, the pressure on her from this board has been immense for years.

Yeah, the gays have it so much easier than everyone else.

In Hollywood.

How many openly gay movie stars are there?

Hmmm, here's the first 200 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gay_actorsSlightly behind the list of Tony award nominees.

You say that like you really think that's a lot.

How many of those have you heard of?

I've heard of 3. Guillermo Diaz, Truman Capote, and Clay Aiken (and I have no idea what would qualify him as an actor)

 

[Christo]

Jeebus. This thread revealed some real characters. And sort of neatly proved why such an announcement does take guts, even today. Great job?

Nice "Bad Boys" reference by Apple Jack, though.

Pisses me off every time I'm channel surfing and see its on and think "Cool...I love that movie" only to find its that Will Smith/Martin Lawrence flick.

It happened to me this week.

 

[Das Boot]

Every time they make one of these announcements, I get confused as to why I should care?

Why do you assume she wants you to care?

Not her, the news media. Society in general. Not being facetious, I simply don't understand why this is news. It's about as rare as sunrise nowadays. Why does anyone really care?

You don't find it at least mildly interesting if a celebrity announce they are gay?

 

[FattyVM]

...

And after watching it, and reading this thread I have no doubt she is in fact courageous to come out.

Yes, the pressure on her from this board has been immense for years.

Yeah, the gays have it so much easier than everyone else.

In Hollywood.

How many openly gay movie stars are there?

Hmmm, here's the first 200 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gay_actorsSlightly behind the list of Tony award nominees.

You say that like you really think that's a lot.

How many of those have you heard of?

I've heard of 3. Guillermo Diaz, Truman Capote, and Clay Aiken (and I have no idea what would qualify him as an actor)

You've never heard of Ian McKellen? Neil Patrick Harris? Stephen Fry? Rock Hudson? David Hyde Pierce? 'Newcomers' Zachary Quinto and Jim Parsons? George Takei? Fish harder.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

...

And after watching it, and reading this thread I have no doubt she is in fact courageous to come out.

Yes, the pressure on her from this board has been immense for years.

Yeah, the gays have it so much easier than everyone else.

In Hollywood.

How many openly gay movie stars are there?

Hmmm, here's the first 200 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gay_actorsSlightly behind the list of Tony award nominees.

You're applying the phrase "movie star" a little loosely, no?

Ian McKellan is literally the only one that would qualify under a normal person's definition.

 

[pollardsvision]

...

And after watching it, and reading this thread I have no doubt she is in fact courageous to come out.

Yes, the pressure on her from this board has been immense for years.

Yeah, the gays have it so much easier than everyone else.

In Hollywood.

How many openly gay movie stars are there?

Hmmm, here's the first 200 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gay_actorsSlightly behind the list of Tony award nominees.

You say that like you really think that's a lot.

How many of those have you heard of?

I've heard of 3. Guillermo Diaz, Truman Capote, and Clay Aiken (and I have no idea what would qualify him as an actor)

You've never heard of Ian McKellen? Neil Patrick Harris? Stephen Fry? Rock Hudson? David Hyde Pierce? 'Newcomers' Zachary Quinto and Jim Parsons? George Takei? Fish harder.

Didn't see them on the list, but should've remembered either way.

Either way, Rock Hudson was the only real movie star of that bunch. Maybe McKellen. How old were they when they came out?

My point wasn't that there aren't openly gay actors. Just that someone like Page coming out is still fairly uncommon.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

Ian McKellen is a star as is Nathan Lane but it's still not particularly common. Surprisingly.

 

[drfeelgood]

Figures. I wanted to find her cute, but something was off. This makes sense.

I think she's cute.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Figures. I wanted to find her cute, but something was off. This makes sense.

I think she's cute.

If you don't find her at the very least extraordinarily cute, there's something wrong with you.

 

[FattyVM]

...

And after watching it, and reading this thread I have no doubt she is in fact courageous to come out.

Yes, the pressure on her from this board has been immense for years.

Yeah, the gays have it so much easier than everyone else.

In Hollywood.

How many openly gay movie stars are there?

Hmmm, here's the first 200 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gay_actorsSlightly behind the list of Tony award nominees.

You say that like you really think that's a lot.

How many of those have you heard of?

I've heard of 3. Guillermo Diaz, Truman Capote, and Clay Aiken (and I have no idea what would qualify him as an actor)

You've never heard of Ian McKellen? Neil Patrick Harris? Stephen Fry? Rock Hudson? David Hyde Pierce? 'Newcomers' Zachary Quinto and Jim Parsons? George Takei? Fish harder.

Didn't see them on the list, but should've remembered either way.

Either way, Rock Hudson was the only real movie star of that bunch. Maybe McKellen. How old were they when they came out?

My point wasn't that there aren't openly gay actors. Just that someone like Page coming out is still fairly uncommon.

Eh, I like Stephen Fry too, I think he has some acting recognition to go along with his literature. I forgot about Nathan Lane. But yea, it's rare for someone that young who risks burning some bridges in front of a fanbase who also finds her attractive.

Btw, I liked her, and still like her and I'll still watch anything she is in. She did good work in Hard Candy, Juno, Inception... and I liked beyond two souls and forgave the buggy gameplay because she carried the story well.

 

[McGarnicle]

Figures. I wanted to find her cute, but something was off. This makes sense.

I think she's cute.

If you don't find her at the very least extraordinarily cute, there's something wrong with you.

Cute for sure, but what I mean is she doesn't make it move. Zero sex appeal for me.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Figures. I wanted to find her cute, but something was off. This makes sense.

I think she's cute.

If you don't find her at the very least extraordinarily cute, there's something wrong with you.

Cute for sure, but what I mean is she doesn't make it move. Zero sex appeal for me.

That's why I worded it the way I did. Shockingly enough I place her as borderline Top10 material, but that's me.

But I'm confident in the baseline I've set.

 

[flapgreen]

She's a hero!

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Robot

 

[Frostillicus]

Robot

You are horrible at everything. Not as horrible as this thread, jesus, but pretty horrible.

 

[Smack Tripper]

...

And after watching it, and reading this thread I have no doubt she is in fact courageous to come out.

Yes, the pressure on her from this board has been immense for years.

Yeah, the gays have it so much easier than everyone else.

In Hollywood.

How many openly gay movie stars are there?

Hmmm, here's the first 200 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gay_actorsSlightly behind the list of Tony award nominees.

You say that like you really think that's a lot.

How many of those have you heard of?

I've heard of 3. Guillermo Diaz, Truman Capote, and Clay Aiken (and I have no idea what would qualify him as an actor)

You've never heard of Ian McKellen? Neil Patrick Harris? Stephen Fry? Rock Hudson? David Hyde Pierce? 'Newcomers' Zachary Quinto and Jim Parsons? George Takei? Fish harder.

In fairness, Rock was closeted his entire life, even when he announced he had AIDS.

And not to say its impossible, but there has never been an out male movie "star" as far as a lead who can carry a movie. Not to say its impossible to have happen, but film is not television (but I'll grant you Parsons and Harris are significant stars who are out).

Rupert Everett went from being the next big thing to having his career destroyed by coming out.

 

[Daywalker]

Figures. I wanted to find her cute, but something was off. This makes sense.

I think she's cute.

If you don't find her at the very least extraordinarily cute, there's something wrong with you.

Not many would describe her as extraordinarily cute.

 

[Mr Capicollo]

Not a huge surprise, but good for her.

I suspect it was a career move.

She could have come out at any time, it's a not so well guarded secret in the industry for a very long time. It would have been more impressive if she came out during the height of her fame, post Juno.

But her last film, The East, bombed. More to point, she got critically panned in it. Her one "gimme" film, post Oscar nomination, to prove her box office chops, Whip It, failed. She had a non memorable part in Inception. There was that anti establishment super hero film, Super, where she tried to show herself as sexually aggressive that didn't make any money. That she's associated with the X men franchise, this was her last shot while her name would buzz once more to try to get some momentum going.

It's not her fault she looks like shes 16, and probably will most of her life. But it's limiting on the parts she can get. She simply doesn't look old enough to hold a film's female lead category for most adult oriented films.

Juno was in 2007, she's a couple of steps away from having to do television full time.

Maybe the saddest part is she looks just a few shades too old to play Ellie in The Last Of Us, the video game that will be turned into a film and a decent chance to be a hit or maybe a franchise, even though they stole her likeness without paying her.

What no one seems to mention when someone comes out, is the fallout. When Zachary Quinto came out, it outed Hayden Pantierre as a beard, which exposed Milo Ventimiglia and Scotty McKnight, which in turn, shone some light onto Mark Sanchez.

Might be great for Ellen Page, but she sort of left Alexander Skarsgard, who needs his leading man appeal with women to stay established, out hanging in the wind.

Are you a draft.robot alias?

 

[Daywalker]

Not a huge surprise, but good for her.

I suspect it was a career move.

She could have come out at any time, it's a not so well guarded secret in the industry for a very long time. It would have been more impressive if she came out during the height of her fame, post Juno.

But her last film, The East, bombed. More to point, she got critically panned in it. Her one "gimme" film, post Oscar nomination, to prove her box office chops, Whip It, failed. She had a non memorable part in Inception. There was that anti establishment super hero film, Super, where she tried to show herself as sexually aggressive that didn't make any money. That she's associated with the X men franchise, this was her last shot while her name would buzz once more to try to get some momentum going.

It's not her fault she looks like shes 16, and probably will most of her life. But it's limiting on the parts she can get. She simply doesn't look old enough to hold a film's female lead category for most adult oriented films.

Juno was in 2007, she's a couple of steps away from having to do television full time.

Maybe the saddest part is she looks just a few shades too old to play Ellie in The Last Of Us, the video game that will be turned into a film and a decent chance to be a hit or maybe a franchise, even though they stole her likeness without paying her.

What no one seems to mention when someone comes out, is the fallout. When Zachary Quinto came out, it outed Hayden Pantierre as a beard, which exposed Milo Ventimiglia and Scotty McKnight, which in turn, shone some light onto Mark Sanchez.

Might be great for Ellen Page, but she sort of left Alexander Skarsgard, who needs his leading man appeal with women to stay established, out hanging in the wind.

So Pantierre played the part with Quinto meaning she may have done the same with Ventimiglia, McKnight, and Sanchez?

Page was rumored to have dated Skarsgard which calls into question whether that was a "beard" too? Is Page wearing the beard?

I thought I followed this stuff too much.