Elliot Page and girlfriend Julia Shiplett stepped out for a rare date night as they both attended the NYC premiere of The Odyssey on Tuesday. The 39-year-old actor, who came out as a transgender back in 2020, was joined by the Overcompensating actress on the star-studded red carpet as the pair posed for sweet photos together. Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming film, which is based on Homer’s Greek epic, is set to hit theaters on July 17. However, the project has been embroiled in controversy for its casting ahead of the movie’s release. Page opted for a classic black suit as well as a striped shirt and black shoes for the special screening at AMC Lincoln Square. He also sported a pair of stylish black shades which he later removed not long after arriving to the venue. Shiplett was also dressed for the occasion in a dark brown dress that contained a scooped neckline on the front. Elliot Page, 39, and girlfriend Julia Shiplett stepped out for a rare date night as they both attended the NYC premiere of The Odyssey on Tuesday The actor the Overcompensating actress on the star-studded red carpet as the pair posed for sweet photos togetherShe slipped into a pair of open-toed, brown heels and added a pair of dangly earrings for a finishing touch. Page and Shiplett were seen cozying up and flashed cheerful smiles for a brief photo session. Their rare appearance together on the red carpet comes a little over one year after the Juno star went public with their relationship. Back in June 2025, Page uploaded an Instagram post as both he and Shiplett took a selfie together while standing on a rainbow-painted street. In the caption, the actor simply added a rainbow and heart emojis. Later that same year, the pair made their red carpet debut while attending a Gucci short film premiere at Milan Fashion Week. Since then, Page and Shiplett have been featured on each other’s social media accounts. Earlier last week, the actor also made an appearance at The Odyssey premiere in London. While Shiplett didn’t walk the red carpet with Page at the time, the actress jumped to her Instagram page to share pictures from the big night. Page opted for a classic black suit as well as a striped shirt and black shoes for the special screening at AMC Lincoln Square Page and Shiplett were seen cozying up and flashed cheerful smiles for a brief photo session Back in June 2025, Page uploaded an Instagram post as both he and Shiplett took a selfie together while standing on a rainbow-painted street. In the caption, the actor simply added a rainbow and heart emojisOne snap showed the couple pausing for a quick photo while spending time at what appeared to be an after party. Shiplett penned a sweet message of support to Page in the caption. ‘Saw this charming little indie called the odyssey (maybe based off a book?? not sure) really loved it, you guys should try to find it if you can,’ she wrote. Page portrays the Greek soldier Sinon in The Odyssey.The actor previously collaborated with Nolan 16 years earlier in the 2010 Oscar-winning film Inception. However, the director’s adaptation of Homer’s Greek epic has faced backlash for its casting. Elon Musk, the owner of X, was among the public figures to express his opposition to Lupita Nyong’o being cast as Helen of Troy in the film.Helen is the ravishing daughter of Zeus whose ‘face launched a thousand ships,’ in that her seduction by Troy’s prince Paris resulted in the Trojan War. Later that same year in September 2025, the pair made their red carpet debut while attending a Gucci short film premiere at Milan Fashion Week (seen above) One snap showed the couple pausing for a quick photo while spending time at what appeared to be an after partyNyong’o, who won an Oscar for the 2013 historical drama 12 Years a Slave, will also feature in the film as Helen’s sister Clytemnestra. Her hiring provoked a fierce response on X, including from political commentator Matt Walsh, who fumed that nobody ‘on the planet’ regards Nyong’o as the world’s greatest beauty but that Nolan ‘knows that he would be called racist if he gave “the most beautiful woman” role to a white woman.’Musk responded to Walsh by writing: ‘True,’ eliciting pushback from stars such as Alec Baldwin and Jimmy Kimmel.Nyong’o recently faced another round of blowback over her response to a question about what she would ask Homer if she met him today.’So, Homer, how do you feel about the screen time given to these women considering how little you spent with them? Remember us?’ she said on Jake’s Takes.Social media users poured scorn on Nyong’o, joking that her reply was ‘straight out of idiocracy’ and that she ‘thinks it’s still 2016 and everyone is going to stand up, clap and yell, “YAAAASSSSS QUEEN.”‘ Meanwhile Page, who rocketed to fame as Ellen Page with an Oscar-nominated turn in the 2007 film Juno, was heaped with opprobrium after becoming the subject of false rumors he would be playing the legendary warrior Achilles in The Odyssey.When the speculation began circulating, Musk slated the potential hiring choice as ‘one of the dumbest and twisted things I’ve ever heard.’ However, the director’s adaptation of Homer’s Greek epic has faced backlash for its casting Nyong’o recently faced another round of blowback over her response to a question about what she would ask Homer if she met him today; seen on Tuesday in NYCAfter news broke of Page’s actual role, Musk reposted a tweet that read: ‘I’m not mocking her masculinity. I’m denying its existence.’While recently talking to Rolling Stone, Nolan opened up about reuniting with Page and said working together once again had been ‘thrilling.’ ‘I felt with his character [Sinon] in The Odyssey, he brings something really special to it,’ the filmmaker expressed.’Because, in a way, you’re looking to put a face on certain elements of what Odysseus has done, what that means for the world as a whole. ‘You’re looking to put a face on the tragedy of war. And I think he did an incredible job.’ While recently talking to Rolling Stone, Nolan opened up about reuniting with Page and said working together once again had been ‘thrilling’; the director seen on July 11 in IndiaIn May, Nolan gave an interview explaining the creative impetus for his hiring of Travis Scott, a world-famous rapper who was nevertheless untested as an actor.’I cast him,’ Nolan explained to Time: ‘because I wanted to nod towards the idea that this story has been handed down as oral poetry, which is analogous to rap.’Other stars that have been cast in the project include Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway and Charlize Theron. Fan criticism has grown so intense online that the official X account for Nolan’s Odyssey has restricted comments on its posts.