Trans actor Elliot Page has revealed the bleak reality of his career after the massive success of The Odyssey and backlash over its ‘woke’ casting.The 39-year-old Canadian actor opened up about his career and how he has not received any role offers despite starring ‘in one of the greatest movies ever made.’The thespian – who came out as transgender in 2020 – appeared on a recent episode of the On Film… With Kevin McCarthy podcast as he admitted that it has been tough to land a role.Page said: ‘I think it’s a little tricky for me to get cast right now.’I think that’s probably for pretty obvious reasons.’The star showed that he still has a sense of humor despite career hardship as they quickly quipped: ‘The Canadian thing.’ Trans actor Elliot Page (seen in New York in July) has revealed the bleak reality of his career after the massive success of The Odyssey and backlash over it’s ‘woke’ casting This comes as Page’s casting in The Odyssey was a major controversy as Elon Musk launched a months-long social media tirade over his and Lupita Nyong’o’s inclusion in the film.Page did not directly address the Tesla CEO’s frequent attacks on the film’s ‘woke’ casting but did say that he has noticed the blockbuster’s impact.He said: ‘I mean, I’m just an observer like everyone else.’Whether I’m watching the news when I’m in Canada, and CBC is making a reference in terms of politics, or you know the endless memes.’Page portrays the Greek soldier Sinon in The Odyssey and only appears in about five and a half minutes of The Odyssey’s 173-minute runtime.He has appeared in just a handful of projects since transitioning including season 3 and 4 of Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy and 2023 film Close to You.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. The thespian – who came out as transgender in 2020 – appeared on a recent episode of the On Film… With Kevin McCarthy podcast as he admitted that it has been tough to land a role (seen in London in July) Page portrays the Greek soldier Sinon in The Odyssey and only appears in about five and a half minutes of The Odyssey’s 173-minute runtimeAs mentioned earlier 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. Nyong’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.”‘ Page seen with girlfriend Julia Shiplett at the New York premiere of The Odyssey in JulyMeanwhile 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.’After 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 talking to Rolling Stone earlier this year, 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.’ 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 NYC While talking to Rolling Stone earlier this year, 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.