He's one of the UK's most high-profile public figures to come out as gay.And 32 years after his own acknowledgement of his sexuality, Sir Ian McKellen is praising Elliot Page forannouncing last month that he is transgender.The two worked together on the 2006 Hollywood movie X-Men Last Stand and the British actor told Attitudemagazine he's 'very happy' for Page.
Supportive: Sir Ian McKellen, 81, told Attitude magazine that he is 'so happy' his former X-Men co-star Elliot Page came out as transgenderPage played Shadowcat in Last Stand that came out the year before his starring role in the indie film Juno put him, then as Ellen Page, on the map.McKellen, who starred in the X-Men films as Magneto, told the magazine that he is 'so disappointed'.