Ellen Page has revealed she doesn’t have time for people who tell straight actors and actresses that they’re brave for playing gay, saying she find it “borderline offensive”.
The 28-year-old, who came out publicly last year and will soon star opposite Julianne Moore in Freeheld as one half of a lesbian couple fighting for legal rights, took issue when an interviewer for Time said it was “brave” to sign up to the LGBT drama film.
“Maybe this is a bad thing to say, but I have a hard time when people call actors brave,” Page replied.
“I don’t really get that, because our job is to read something on a page.”
The X-Men star – who was recently filmed confronting anti-gay Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz about LGBT issues at a state fair – added: “When people are [called] brave in regards to playing LGBTQ people, that’s borderline offensive.”
“I’m never going to be considered brave for playing a straight person, and nor should I be.”
Page will also soon star as a lesbian marine serving in Iraq in new true story drama Lioness – click here to find out more.
Freeheld will be released to selected US cinemas on October 2, while a UK release date has yet to be confirmed. Watch the trailer below:
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