![]() Immediately, in the first few episodes of season 3, Elliot’s Vanya is not quite feeling themselves. The establishment of Viktor as an LGBTQ character was done very organically. In season 2, we saw Vanya find love for the first time in Sissy, a single mother in Dallas. At no point should this feel like a gimmick or the entire purpose is lost.Īnd that is where the show truly succeeds. But doing it smoothly and organically was important. It respects Elliot’s decision and gender identity and includes it in the show’s narrative. The move to transition Viktor is important not because it casts a trans man in the role of a trans man, but because it does not force a trans man to play a woman, something he doesn’t want to do in real life anymore, let alone on the screen. ![]() Elliot Page as Vanya Hargreeves and Marin Ireland as Sissy in The Umbrella Academy season 2. Elliot plays Viktor, formerly Vanya, also known as Number Seven. But the ‘family’ of misfits has fallen out with each other and gone their separate ways. The Umbrella Academy is about six individuals with unique abilities or superpowers, who have been raised by an eccentric millionaire Reginald Hargreeves to fight crime. Prior to this, the makers had already given a glimpse of how they were transitioning Elliot’s character from Vanya to Viktor, mirroring the actor’s life. I only started watching it once the initial buzz died down, to have a more balanced take on it. The third season of Umbrella Academy began streaming on June 22, fittingly during Pride Month. Also read: Elliot Page becomes first trans man to star on Time magazine cover Elliot Page as Viktor Hargreeves in season 3 of Netflix's The Umbrella Academy (Image courtesy Netflix). Last week, the third season released and I must say, The Umbrella Academy has set the standard for how an artistic public project should deal with something this sensitive. Fans wondered how the show would deal with the actor’s transition. ![]() By 2020, two seasons of the show had aired, in which Elliot had played Vanya Hargreeves, one of the protagonists. As many wondered how this will affect his career, some asked specific questions about The Umbrella Academy. ![]() As an Oscar nominee and star of X-Men franchise and Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy, the actor is a respected name in the industry. When Elliot Page publicly came out as a trans in December 2020, he was one of the most high-profile names in Hollywood to do so. ![]()
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