Lucknow: Hollywood star Ellen Page is preparing to shoot parts of her show ‘Gaycation’ that deals with the diverse cultures of sexual minorities around the world, in Varanasi.
The show explores what life is like for the LGBT community in different countries. The show has so far covered the United States, Japan, Jamaica, and Brazil.
The star, anchors the show with her close friend, Ian Daniel and has chosen India as one of her shooting destination.
Her representative recently approached the Varanasi administration to discuss issues including security and permission for the show. Varanasi is said to be extremely sensitive to such issues and film kaers , in the past, have faced considerable problems form the local people.
More than a decade ago, Deepa Mehta had to abandon the shooting of her film ‘Water’ in Varanasi following protests. A source in the unit said, “Well let us hope this series is able to identify the unknown resistance Indian community has towards the third gender and help to overcome it”.
He further revealed that the actor has met several notable people which include Apurva Asrani, the script writer of ‘Aligarh’. Asrani is also one of the guest on the show. Ellen Page , it may be recalled, had gone public about her sexual preferences at the THRIVE Conference for LGBT youth in Las Vegas in February 2014.
The actress received a standing ovation as she came out with an emotional speech and stated that how she would like to support those who have difficulty in admitting to their close ones and the society about their orientation.
