The Umbrella Academy Season 3 character changes gender and name due to actor's gender change

Elliot Page, who was originally named Ellen Page and changed his name to Elliot Page after his gender reassignment surgery, will also appear as a transgender person in the third season of the Netflix TV series "The Umbrella Academy" announced some time ago, and will also change his name. Today, Elliot Page shared this news on his Twitter.

The character was originally named Vanya Hargreeves in the first and second seasons, and his new name is Viktor Hargreeves. Netflix later retweeted the tweet and said: "Welcome to the family, Viktor, we are glad you are here." The character's gender change is not caused by time travel or parallel universes, but is part of the character's story moving forward.

The Umbrella Academy Season 3 will premiere on Netflix on June 22, 2022.