Elliot Page says playing trans man in improvised drama was ‘big healing experience’

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00:00I'm going home for my dad's birthday.

00:06I haven't gone back in close to four years.

00:11She's bold.

00:12That's a bold move.

00:13Is it?

00:14First impression with the brother.

00:20It is really nice to meet you.

00:22I know.

00:22I'm just nothing but a disappointment to them.

00:25You sort of took off.

00:26You've been gone.

00:27You can come to Dad and I for anything if you need it.

00:30I'm really OK.

00:32In so many ways, I am for the first time.

00:35There is no way I would have been able to do this

00:39before my transition.

00:42That I would have been able to feel comfortable and present

00:46and grounded enough to actually exist and create that openly.

00:54And so, for me, waking up every day so excited to go to SED,

01:02that to me was a big, big healing experience and moment.

01:11I just still think of you as my little girl.