Ellen Page: I’d Be ‘Thrilled’ to Only Play Queer Roles

Ellen Page, who just premiered her feature film directorial debut “There’s Something in the Water” at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, said she would be “thrilled” to only play queer roles from now on, explaining that she’s been asked several times whether she might be typecast since coming out as gay five years ago.

“The (one) thing I get a lot is, ‘Are you worried about being typecast about playing queer?’ Because that’s what I play mostly,” she said at TheWrap’s Power Women Toronto panel Monday night at the Thompson Hotel with fellow directors Kasi Lemmons (“Harriet”) and Halina Reijn (“Instinct”). “You would never ask a heterosexual actress that, as being typecast as straight. Why would I not want to play those roles? Quite frankly, I would be thrilled if it’s every role I ever played again!”

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