Ellen Page says she was harassed by Brett Ratner and other Hollywood men

Ellen Page is the latest actress to add her voice to the chorus of sexual harassment allegations against Brett Ratner, who directed Page in X-Men: The Last Stand when she was 18.

Page detailed her experience with Ratner — including alleged homophobic and sexist comments on set — in a powerful Facebook post Friday. 

Ratner has denied all allegations.

Page’s X-Men co-star, Anna Paquin, corroborated Page’s account on Twitter.

In the Facebook post, Page also detailed her feelings of powerlessness after Ratner allegedly tried to pressure her into a wearing a “Team Ratner” shirt on set, writing that after publicly refusing him, she was later reprimanded by the film’s producers for talking back to the director — “yet he was not being punished nor fired for the blatantly homophobic and abusive behavior we all witnessed. I was an actor that no one knew. I was eighteen and had no tools to know how to handle the situation.” Read more…

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