Posted on 03/29/2022 10:22:50 PM PDT by Trillian
Elliot Page has revealed that his 'Umbrella Academy' character Vanya Hargreeves will come out as transgender and be known as Viktor Hargreeves in the upcoming third season of the Netflix superhero series.
The 35-year-old actor announced the news on his Twitter and Instagram accounts on Tuesday, sharing a first-look photo of himself on the show with the caption: 'Meet Viktor Hargreeves.'
Page came out as transgender in December 2020, and Variety reported that Viktor will also use he/him/his pronouns in the new season, which will debut on June 22.
The 'Juno' star played Vanya — a cisgender woman with the ability to harness sound and convert it into energy — in the show's first two seasons.
Netflix confirmed that he would continue to star in 'The Umbrella Academy' after he came out, but sources told Variety at the time that there weren't any plans to change his character's gender.
The streaming site celebrated the introduction of Viktor on social media on Tuesday, writing: 'Welcome to the family, Viktor — we’re so happy you’re here.'
The news comes just a few weeks after the release of the long-awaited first trailer for show's third season.
Page's character was still being referred to as Vanya in the teaser, making the actor's post the first allusion to the upcoming transition storyline.
The second season of the show ended with the Hargreeves having stopped the apocalypse after traveling back in time to 1963, only to return in 2019 to find that they have significantly altered their timeline.
In the altered timeline, Sir Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore) had not founded The Umbrella Academy, but instead The Sparrow Academy.
The new season will follow the Sparrows as they 'immediately clash with the Umbrellas in a violent face-off that turns out to be the least of
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Geez Louise. So this is some sort of breakthrough some sort of major step forward with all this LGBT stuff?
OK THEN. Hollywood idiots are excited to announce that a transsexual individual is playing the part of a character who is also transsexual.
Wow, this is another Jackie Robinson story. (Sarcasm)
Another Viktory for the Left.
Trying to fix a mental disorder with chemicals and a scalpel doesn’t work well.
Appropriately 40% suicide rate.
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