In 2020, oscar nominated actor elliot page announced via his instagram that he is a transgender man. Star of the x men series and Hit Filmsjuno and inception, as well as Netflix Super hit the umbrella academy, page has enjoyed the Career Heights Actors could only dream of all the time crushed under the weight of a secret identity battle. Now hes ready to share even more about his life. And hes invited us for a sit down chat to talk about his gender, his Mental Health, and his career in hollywood. Elliot page, welcome to the bbc. Thank you so much for speaking to us. Thanks for having me, for wanting to talk. How are you doing right now . Im doing pretty good, yeah so were here to talk about your book, pageboy. Yourfirst book, your memoir. What made you want to write the book now . Gosh well, one of the reasons was that it really. Felt possible for the first time. In the past, before stepping into my truth, being in this body, theres no way i could have sat down and been still with myse
lara is creating something from nothing. it looks like powder but it sort of disappears. alistair is seeing how people can disappear into thin air. i want to make it look like i am the only one here. and paul is watching day fading in to night. the light is changing and we moved to sunset. first up it is movie quiz time. what dojames bond, star wars and the latest indiana jones film all have in common? correct, they were all filmed in part at pinewood studios, a brilliant place, totally iconic, with loads of stages and sets which have doubled for some of the most famous worlds in the world. and now the studios in buckinghamshire have moved into the virtual world. in collaboration with sony they have created a whole new filmmaking space and paul carter has been to find out more. at the world famous pinewood, sony have created a space to show off the potential of a new kind of studio known as virtual production. it utilises a high resolution crystal led screen to display the se
in 2020, oscar nominated actor elliot page announced via his instagram that he is a transgender man. star of the x men series and hit filmsjuno and inception, as well as netflix super hit the umbrella academy, page has enjoyed the career heights actors could only dream of all the time crushed under the weight of a secret identity battle. now he s ready to share even more about his life, and he s invited us for a sit down chat to talk about his gender, his mental health and his career in hollywood. elliot page, welcome to the bbc. thank you so much for speaking to us. thanks for having me, for wanting to talk. how are you doing right now? i m doing pretty good, yeah! so we re here to talk about your book, pageboy. yourfirst book, your memoir. what made you want to write the book now? gosh! well, one of the reasons was that it really felt possible for the first time. in the past, before stepping into my truth, being in this body, there s no way i could have sat down and been
arrested in connection with the incident. you can see the tweets there from gloucestershire constabulary. they tweeted saying that the school had been locked down because of the ongoing situation. we don t know if the school is still in lockdown now. it is at the tewkesbury school on ashchurch road. a teenage boy has been arrested with the incident and an adult has been taken to hospital with a suspected stab wound. they were called at 9:10am this morning with reports that a people had stabbed a teacher. the bbc is meeting with london s metropolitan police today to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos. the male presenter, who hasn t been named, has been suspended, but the young person s family is said, by the sun newspaper, to be upset by the corporation s latest response. let s just take a look at the chain of events. the family first complained to the bbc about the presenter s behaviour on 19