ROTTEN TOMATOES: Ellen Page on Juno: The RT Interview

Ellen Page on Juno: The RT Interview

by Jen Yamato | December 06, 2007

Summary

Canadian actress Ellen Page is an anomaly in Hollywood. The star of this week's Juno has been in movies since the age of 10, has the face of a 14-year-old and the pop culture-savvy soul of a Gen-Xer. RT slipped into a booth with the 20-year-old star of this week's Juno for a great chat about movies, Canadian boys, and music that we both love. Back to Article

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thinkblue_2258 writes:
on Dec 06 2007 06:30 PM

Can't wait til this thing goes wide. I hate living in Nowheresville, USA. We didn't even get The Ten. How gay.

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erob writes:
on Dec 06 2007 06:58 PM

How to create a Natalie Portman in 4 easy steps:
1. Preteen girl stars in movie where she is seen as a sexual object. (Portman- The Professional, Page- Hard Candy)
2. As a teen, star in a crappy sci-fi movie (Portman- Star Wars, Page X3)
3. Star in an independent coming of age movie about a maladjusted young woman. (Portman-Garden State, Page-Juno)
4. Continue to make mostly good movies from that point on... hopefully

Thank You! You've been great! Don't forget to tip your bartender.

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Y4USay writes:
on Dec 06 2007 07:30 PM

Juno look good movie. I watch.

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T45Red writes:
on Dec 06 2007 09:43 PM

This looks like a good movie, and with the Tomato Meter rating it at 93% right now, it probably is. Also, I read this interview and it seems like she gave a lot to the character.

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Jen Yamato writes:
on Dec 07 2007 01:15 AM

First of all, don't even compare Ellen Page to Natalie Portman. Page is on a different...page...altogether.

Second of all, Eeeeeew you see Portman in The Professional as a sexual object? Gross Ick Yuck!

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RT-Ryan writes:
on Dec 07 2007 02:58 AM

You know, Jen, I read your comment before I realized it was you who wrote it, and I thought to myself, "Wow, she wrote EXACTLY what I was thinking."

And I'm not just saying that because we work together. Honest.

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wordweaver writes:
on Dec 07 2007 03:19 AM

Is it just me or is there something not right about Ellen Page? I've seen the trailer for Juno and she's, well bland and uninspiring. She doesn't seem like an actress of range to me. I guess only time will prove me right or wrong.

Oh and about the whole Natalie Portman as a sexual object in The Professional thing, that is gross, I mean really, really GROSS.

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digitalsoul68 writes:
on Dec 07 2007 06:05 AM

From IMDB: "The original script had more scenes with 'awkward sexual tension' between Matilda and Leon. These scenes were later cut out for the American release dubbed 'The Professional', but were included in the 1996 European release, as well as in the deleted scenes of the special edition DVD."

Yes, it is sick, but that how it was apparently.

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dahluzz writes:
on Dec 07 2007 10:31 AM

yeah, 'the professional' was supposed to be lolita-lite with some action instead of gettin it on. I hope page does follow portman's career arc. I heard mr. magorium's wonder empoium 2 just got the green light!

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jsearls writes:
on Dec 07 2007 02:06 PM

If anyone here hasn't seen "Hard Candy"....it's a must! Ellen Page's acting is amazing, and the character she plays is convincingly disturbing (but in a good way). Because of this, I totally want to see Juno.

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vitajex writes:
on Dec 07 2007 06:05 PM

I live in Minneapolis and I have to say that, as good as Juno may or may not look, the local coverage of Diablo Cody, the screenwriter, is incredibly annoying. She used to be a writer for a city arts weekly paper here so everybody says junk like "Local Girl Makes Good", conveniently forgetting that she's from Chicago. I'll admit she's very attractive in a Suicide Girls way, but she seems like the kind of person whose main goal in life is seeming hipper than everyone else (I'm basing this on the pieces of hers I've read). Enjoy it while it lasts, Diablo (if that even is your real name!) because as soon as those *harumphs* start to sag and the wrinkles start, you'll be out the door faster than Tara Reid.

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Truye writes:
on Dec 08 2007 01:16 PM

You know, I don't know much about Diablo Cody. Mainly because this is her first movie and blah, blah, blah. However, correct me if am wrong, I am 100% sure Tara Reid has never written a movie...Or anything of any importance. It's the nice thing about being a writer is that you can get old and saggy and no one cares because you are a writer and no one has to see your face.

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vitajex writes:
on Dec 10 2007 12:05 PM

In reply to this comment (#1339278)
True, writers can get old and saggy and no one cares... generally speaking. What I meant to imply in my post however is that Diablo Cody is getting attention because of her good looks more than because she's a 'good' writer. Think about the simple fact that she was on-set... for the first movie she's ever written! That's unheard of. If she had been old and saggy, do you honestly believe she would have been allowed on set and then subsequently shipped around the country on a press junket? When Hollywood treats most writers like the crazy old aunt that gets chained up in the basement when company is over, why is this first-time, largely unproven writer being shown off? Because she is attractive! How many other first time writers even have their name mentioned in connection with their films? Not many.
Tara Reid was offered by me as a woman who was touted as a star, until she 'lost' her looks, at which point she ends up making 'Alone in the Dark' and other direct-to-DVD tripe and becomes a joke on TMZ.
I was drawing a correlation between Diablo Cody and other female artists who get more attention for their looks than for their talent. Whereas there are women artists whose talent is underestimated because of their beauty, the talents of many more female artists are OVERestimated due to their beauty.

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sass writes:
on Dec 11 2007 09:09 PM

This is the most amazing movie I've seen all year. I have to see it again and maybe again. So glad I live here:)

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frogleg writes:
on Dec 12 2007 08:30 AM

So, I never got the pedophilic angle from the Professional the first time I saw it, but I caught it again a couple of years ago and I thought it was really blatant. Maybe when I saw it a couple of years ago I saw the deleted scenes; I can't remember for sure.

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BowieSwimmer writes:
on Jan 01 2008 06:55 PM

Umm...
I love Ellen Page.
You have no idea.
So let's not insult here ever again?
Ok, thanks a bunch guys.
That's about it.

ps: Jen, because you have interviewed, let's just say...
I'm super jealous. But not mean jealous, but good jealous.
Hey, kind of like Ellen Page's jealous!
Hopefully this makes sense. I doubt it.

(Anddd cut.)

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lifeandstars writes:
on Jan 16 2008 04:58 PM

In reply to this comment (#1333823)
I think Natalie Portman and Ellen Page differ incredibly. Ellen Page became best known through her work in more independent films (ie. Hard Candy), where ease Portman became more well known only after her role in Star Wars which was of course a big budget film. This is my observation anyways...

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Jan 30 2008 02:55 PM

Juno was ausome. I like Ellen Page, she was good in Hard Candy to. Smart People looks really good. She was even good in X3.

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