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We will SO be seeing Whip It.

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Ellen Page won't play lesbian werewolf, after all

After all the hype surrounding Ellen Page ‘playing’ gay in the lesbian werewolf love story (yep), Jack and Diane, it’s surprising that she is no longer tied to the film. Instead, Alison Pill (who played Anne Kronenberg in Milk) will co-star, opposite Page’s real life BFF Olivia Thirlby.

According to MTV News:

So there won’t be a Juno reunion, whether because Page is too busy for Jack and Diane or, as many presume, because her reps have deemed a lesbian love story not right for her career at this time. But while the film is out a big name in the co-lead, it still has a lot of obvious appeal regardless of who is starring.

Why on earth would a lesbian love story not be right for Page’s career? I mean … come on! It’s perfect. We already know Pill can play gay just fine. All we’ve seen of Page is her mocking gay rumors on SNL. (And for the record, we weren’t convinced. Just sayin’ …)

Ellen Page, her Whip It! co-star Alia Shawkat (aka Arrested Development’s Maebe) and Har Mar Superstar perform Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.” Ellen in the bushes is the best. Don’t stop believin’ Ellen’s gay great.

Ellen Page to gay it up on screen. Finally.

She may be out of the long-anticipated “lesbian werewolf” flick, Jack and Diane, but apparently Ellen Page is slated to play a lesbian in a the film adaption of the Laurel Hester story, where she’ll play Laurel’s partner, Stacie, which of course is much sadder than teenaged lesbian werewolves.

But on the bright side, Ellen must not mind the fact that this news reminds everyone about the gay rumors she tried so hard to play down, with her homockery in the SNL skit in which she came back from a Melissa Etheridge concert and said, “Gay? No way! Why does everything have to have a freaking label? Why can’t I just hug a woman with my legs in friendship?”

Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh