Vanya is a cisgender woman whose superpower involves unleashing force through the use of sound. There are no plans to change the character's gender. Page, star of films such as `Juno` and the X-Men series, announced he is a gender non-binary transgender person in a heartfelt social media message on Tuesday. Page's credited name has already been updated on `The Umbrella Academy's` IMDB page.
Netflix is also in the process of updating Page's name in the metadata across all titles he is involved with that are available to watch on the streaming service, another insider said. Those changes should start to be reflected throughout Tuesday.
`Trans actors can and do play both trans and cisgender characters. I'm sure Elliot will continue to be brilliant in Umbrella Academy and many different types of roles in the future,` Nick Adams, director of transgender media at GLAAD.
`The Umbrella Academy` centers on a group of adopted sibling superheroes who team up to solve the mystery of their father's death while warding off a potential apocalypse. The series ended its second season in July. In November, Netflix renewed `The Umbrella Academy` for a third season.
