Ellen Page and Julianne Moore have recently made news: the two Hollywood actresses recently asked permission to film their upcoming lesbian-themed movie at a New York state Catholic school and they were banned from doing so by the school's authorities, who had previously approved the shoot.
Julianne Moore and Ellen Page's upcoming film, "Freeheld", is a civil rights story about a New Jersey couple in the middle of a crisis: one of them gets cancer. According to The Guardian, the Julianne Moore and Ellen Page film is about a police detective dying of cancer (Moore) and her car mechanic partner (Page) who apply for domestic partnership so the police detective's assets can be inherited by Page's character post-mortem.
A strong film in its grounds, Ellen Page and Julianne Moore had requested the use of the halls of Salesian high school in New Rochelle, New York, to film some scenes of the film - particularly those where the two characters apply for domestic partnership.
While the school had originally given their approval for shooting and still photographs, they recently revoked the permission "because of the subject matter", producer Michael Shamberg has said, according to a report by UK's The Independent.
The producer wrote to the school's principal, specifying that the Ellen Page and Julianne Moore film wasn't about gay marriage but rather about state recognition of a civil right as basic as inheritance. However, he's had no response from the school authorities.
Ellen Page, who came out as a lesbian earlier this year at a Las Vegas conference for LGBT teens, expressed her disappointment at the events in a post on her Twitter page, tweeting "Using religion to justify bigotry makes me sad. Sending my support 2 the LGBT students at the school who I hope r able 2 find acceptance."
"Freeheld" still doesn't have a release date, but will also be featuring Steve Carrell besides Ellen Page and Julianne Moore.
