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The actress appears in Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It as roller derby skater Bliss Cavendar.
Page told Parade: "Drew has always been someone I've looked up to as inspiring. She exudes this luminous, infectious warmth and confidence, and she's just a real, sincere human being who treats everybody equally.
"I have a lot of respect for her even though I couldn't wait to kick her ass on wheels. Then I found out she could skate as well as I could. She totally nailed it."
She added: "And also she somehow managed to dazzle us with her talent as a director."
Page said that she was "lucky" to have had three months to learn how to skate but admitted that "there were days when I wasn't thrilled about going to derby practice".
Barrymore has described Page as her "muse" in making her first movie.
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