By means of PTI
LOS ANGELES: Actor Elliot Web page has introduced that their persona from the Netflix sequence “The Umbrella Academy” will pop out as transgender within the upcoming 3rd season.
Web page performed cisgender lady Vanya Hargreeves within the first two seasons of the superhero display however for season 3, the nature is rechristened Viktor Hargreeves.
The Oscar-nominated actor, identified for movies corresponding to “Juno” and “Inception”, got here out as a transgender in 2020.
Meet Viktor Hargreeves ☂️@UmbrellaAcad %.twitter.com/ZraQNBhfTb
— Elliot Web page (@TheElliotPage) March 29, 2022
He shared the inside track in a publish on their reliable Instagram care for on Tuesday night time.
“Meet Viktor Hargreeves,” Web page posted together with a personality poster from the impending season.
In step with Selection, Viktor Hargreeves will use he/him/his pronouns.
“The Umbrella Academy” revolves round a dysfunctional circle of relatives of followed sibling superheroes who reunite to unravel the thriller in their father’s loss of life and the specter of an coming near near apocalypse.
Created via Steve Blackman and advanced via Jeremy Slater, the display is in accordance with the comedian ebook sequence of the similar identify written via Gerard Means.
The display additionally options Tom Hopper, David Castaneda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Justin H Min, Colm Feore, and Ritu Arya.
The brand new solid individuals for the 3rd season come with Justin Cornwell, Britne Oldford, Jake Epstein, Genesis Rodriguez, Cazzie David, and Javon Walton.