Juno, a 2007 comedy about an independent teen and her unplanned pregnancy, made Ellen Page a star.
But that doesn’t mean that she doesn’t regret some parts of it.
Talking with Bustle about Hollywood’s lack of diversity, she was asked about an anti-gay joke in that movie. Her character Juno is discussing possible baby names with another character, and he suggests “Madison.” She replies “Madison? Isn’t that kind of, I don’t know, gay?”
“It wasn’t something I totally registered at the time, but, of course, now that I’m older I do,” Page, who was 20 when Juno was released, said. “So many movies I loved as a kid are just rampant with homophobia and transphobia and biphobia, and I’m not excusing it by any means.”
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In 2014, Page came out as gay at an LGBT event. “I am tired of hiding,” she said. “I’m tired of lying by omission.”
In a live reading of Juno for a charity event earlier this year, Page refused to read that line.
