That burgeoning BFF status carried outside of the making of the movie, as the two became fast friends.

“[He’s] introduced me to so many things.

“Literally, every day I’m like, ‘What’s that?

Elliot Page and Alia Shawkat

What about that?’

And [he’s] not protective with [his] information.

We traveled together to Amsterdam, and it was one of the best times ever.”

Elliot Page and Alia Shawkat

“It was immediate.

“I love that I am trans,” Page wrote onTwitter.

“And I love that I am queer.

I consider her one of my best friends.

She just has this energy that selfishly gives me more life.

I’m crazy about her”(via Toronto Film Festival.)