Ellen Page has accused Brett Ratner of homophobic and abusive behavior when she worked on a film with him at age 18 — but her tirade against Hollywood abusers did not stop there.
The “Juno” star — who is now an outspoken member of the LGBTQ community — said Ratner “outed” her in her Facebook attack against the powerful men who take advantage of young people, declaring “I want to see these men face what they have done.”
“You should [have sex with] her to make her realize she’s gay,” Page claims Ratner said to another woman about her during a meet-and-greet for “X-Men: The Last Stand.”
The actress said Ratner “outed” her as gay before she had even come out to herself, leaving her feeling violated.
“He ‘outed’ me with no regard for my well-being, an act we all recognize as homophobic,” she wrote. “I proceeded to watch him on set say degrading things to women. I remember a woman walking by the monitor as he made a comment about her” genitalia.
Actress Anna Paquin, who starred in “X-Men: The Last Stand” took to Twitter to support Page and said she was there when the comment was made.
“I stand with you,” Paquin wrote.
She referred to Ratner first, but he was not the last person she named — or didn’t name — when discussing the “ubiquitous” behavior in the industry.
“When I was sixteen a director took me to dinner (a professional obligation and a very common one),” she recalled. “He fondled my leg under the table and said, ‘You have to make the move, I can’t.’ I did not make the move and I was fortunate to get away from that situation.”
Page, now 30, detailed being sexually assaulted by a grip months later and also asked by a director to sleep with an older man and recount the story — both while just a 16-year-old actress.
Page, who worked with Woody Allen in “To Rome with Love” in 2012, says she regrets working with the controversial director.
“I did a Woody Allen movie and it is the biggest regret of my career. I am ashamed I did this,” she wrote. “I had yet to find my voice and was not who I am now and felt pressured … Ultimately, however, it is my choice what films I decide to do and I made the wrong choice. I made an awful mistake.”
Allen’s adopted daughter Dylan Farrow claimed in a 2014 New York Times piece that Allen abused her in 1992 when she was just seven.
Ratner and Allen are just two of many men in Hollywood who Page claims have been protected for years while the victims suffer.
Page also called out Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein and Roman Polanski.
“We heard the industry decry Weinstein’s behavior and vow to affect meaningful change,” she continued. “But let’s be truthful: the list is long and still protected by the status quo. We have work to do. We cannot look the other way.”
“I want to see these men have to face what they have done,” Page continued. “I want them to not have power anymore. I want them to sit and think about who they are without their lawyers, their millions, their fancy cars, houses upon houses, their ‘playboy’ status and swagger.”
In recent weeks, Ratner has been accused of sexual harassment by six woman and accused of raping one. Weinstein has been accused of sexual misconduct and rape by more than 70 women.
First Published: November 13, 2017, 1:30 a.m.
