Elliot Page Recalls Sex With Juno Co-Star Olivia Thirlby on Set

Elliot Page is getting candid about his sex life.

The actor, who came out as transgender in 2020, recalled the first time he had a “suitably consensual” sexual relationship with a woman, writing in his new memoir Pageboy that he and co-star Olivia Thirlby had sex often while filming the 2007 movie Juno in Vancouver. 

“I was taken aback the moment I saw Olivia,” he wrote. “Embodied and bold, her long brown hair moved in slow motion. We were the same age, but she seemed so much older, capable, and centered. Sexually open, far removed from where I was at the time. But the chemistry was palpable, it pulled me in.”

Page, 36, called himself “embarrassingly shy” around the actress, who played Leah opposite his pregnant character Juno.

“She had much more experience,” he said. “I was closed off. It was rare I let anything in, but I felt comfortable with her, and I began to poke my head out of its shell. We became friends quickly, spending a lot of time together.”