Pageboy: A Memoir

At age 16, Page was living in Toronto with a friend, Wiebke, in whose movie, Marion Bridge, Page acted the year before. At this time, Page was dealing with a stalker with whom he began talking online at the age of 11. The stalker, a man in his twenties, saw Page in his first professional role, a CBC show called Pit Pony. The two began to exchange secret emails. At first, Page liked having someone to talk to who appeared to understand his loneliness and alienation. Eventually, the man started asking if he could come to Halifax to see Page, but he never did. When Page moved to Toronto at the age of 15, the stalker began sending him sexually explicit messages.

Finally, the stalker began contacting Page’s friends and coworkers. Page had to tell someone about the stalker, so he told Wiebke, who called the police. The police issued a restraining order, but the stalker violated it and accosted Page in public. Page managed to get away and called the police, who arrested the man. Page also told his father, but rather than showing concern or sympathy for his child, Dennis told Page, “I’m going to come to Toronto and kick your ass” (58).