In the spotlight for more than a decade, Elliot Page’s internal battles with gender identity and opinions on certain roles are familiar to many.
But in a personal essay published to Esquire, Page says his battle with depression and anxiety before his transgender transition were not overblown.
“I wish people would understand that that s— literally did almost kill me,” Page wrote in the essay published Wednesday.
Before his 2020 transition, Page starred in hits from “Juno” to “The Umbrella Academy.” But in Page’s Esquire essay, “The Euphoria of Elliot Page,” he divulges how he was ultimately affected by the reception to his transition and his apprehension with future roles.