Elliot Page says he’s landed no new roles since ‘The Odyssey’

Elliot Page says the phone hasn’t been ringing since his turn in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster “The Odyssey” — a role that made him the target of a summer-long fight between Hollywood’s culture warriors.

Appearing on the “On Film… With Kevin McCarthy” podcast this week, Mr. Page was asked whether the film’s success had brought in a wave of casting offers. It hadn’t.

“No, Kevin, I’m not. So let’s — if someone wants to call me,” Mr. Page said. He added that he has no project currently lined up but would welcome one: “I’d really love to do, ideally, good work.”

“The Odyssey,” which hit theaters in July, cast Mr. Page as Sinon, whom Mr. Nolan’s script frames as a cousin of Matt Damon’s Odysseus. The character doesn’t actually appear in Homer’s “Odyssey” — Sinon originates in Virgil’s “Aeneid,” a later Roman epic, and was written into this adaptation. The casting drew fire from some conservative commentators months before the film’s release, part of a broader backlash that also targeted Lupita Nyong’o’s casting as Helen of Troy.

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro took up the complaint in a video review that otherwise praised the film as a “masterpiece.” Mr. Shapiro called Mr. Page’s casting “an absolute puzzler,” arguing the actor’s stature and voice didn’t fit the role.

Whoopi Goldberg pushed back on the criticism during a segment on “The View,” telling viewers who objected to the casting, “Why do you care who’s cast in it?”

Mr. Page, who came out as transgender in 2020, also reflected on returning to work with Mr. Nolan 16 years after “Inception,” saying he felt more at ease in front of the camera now than he did during that earlier film.