Jacket by Matthew Miller trousers by Belstaff shoes by John Varvatos. So, what’s the deal? Is Page – an actor and former punk musician weaned on generation over-share – rebelling against the norm by taking his privacy to insane new levels? Has he gone so method that he doesn’t want to cop to any personality outside his work? The answers go deeper than that. “Conversational dodgeball” would be a good description. Sometimes he’ll see the “ball” coming a mile away and duck right out of its way. Other times he’ll catch it with a firm hand, wink, flash that disarming smile and decide to play a while. He also just happens to be almost impossible to pin down.
Taken in isolation this initial exchange might seem to be a reason to brace for impact, but Page is absolutely polite, charming and well mannered. He has a terrific smile and prototypical deep, chocolate brown eyes.
Does he have a favourite movie or TV show? “I don’t feel qualified to claim a fandom.” If Barbara Walters were here to ask what kind of tree he’d be, it would be fair to assume his answer would be similarly evasive. Still wearing make-up and sitting on a leather sofa in the north London studio where his punk-inspired photo shoot for THE FALL has just wrapped, Page cuts a striking figure. Is there another actor whose work inspires him? No again. In a way, rising star Regé-Jean Page is not an easy interviewee.
