Elliot Web page as soon as went on a double date with 'Inception' costar Leonardo DiCaprio and his mother

• Elliot Web page mentioned his “Inception” costar Leonardo DiCaprio set him up on a date with a male buddy.
• DiCaprio and his mother then joined the pair on their first date to Common Studios.
• The connection did not go anyplace as Web page knew he was drawn to ladies on the time.

Elliot Web page mentioned that whereas filming “Inception,” his costar Leonardo DiCaprio set him up on a date with a buddy of his after which determined to tag together with his mother.

In his new memoir, “Pageboy,” which was launched Tuesday, Web page recounts his expertise navigating his sexuality within the public eye after turning into an in-demand actor following the success of “Juno” and his journey to self-acceptance, which culminated in his gender transition in 2020.

On the time, Web page was in his early twenties and had not but shared publicly that he (whereas nonetheless presenting as feminine) was drawn to ladies, however had advised his mother about a few of his girlfriends up to now.

The actor was, he wrote, attempting to adapt to expectations and “be the individual so many needed me to be,” so he “tried to be with dudes.” 

“Like in highschool, I might needed to persuade myself it was attainable, that I might get pleasure from it or at the very least tolerate it,” he wrote, including that “the closet was grueling, it suffocated me.”

So when Web page struck up a “beautiful connection” with a buddy of DiCaprio’s, who visited them on the set of the Christopher Nolan-directed film, he determined to attempt to make it work.

Referring solely to the buddy by the title Peter, Web page described him as “heat to everybody, eyes beaming with care.” 

“After I noticed Leo subsequent, I advised him I favored his buddy, to which he responded that his buddy favored me, too,” he continued.

“For our first date, we went to Common Studios with Leo and his mom. Peter and I sat shut on the rides, our thighs simply touching.”

Web page mentioned that his personal mother, Martha Philpotts, who had expressed some disappointment over his relationships with ladies, was “over the moon” to listen to that Web page was courting a person.

Nonetheless, Web page’s relationship with Peter did not last more than a few months.

He wrote that it was over in “a month, perhaps two, like highschool yet again.”