The public sees Scarlett Johansson as a sexy symbol of the contemporary screen (Photo: Page Six).
Recently, actress Scarlett Johansson (37 years old) shared in an interview that the way the public perceives her as a sex symbol of the contemporary screen is actually partly because she has been “sexualized” from a young age, through the movies she participated in.
Johansson began appearing on screen at the age of 9 in the movie “North” (1994). Because of her experience in acting and having been familiar with film sets since she was a child, Johansson believes that she was soon judged to be bolder than her age, so people soon assigned her roles with elements of erotic. “People always think I’m much older than I actually am,” Johansson said.
Johansson began to become famous after appearing in “Lost in Translation” (Lost in Tokyo – 2003) acting alongside actor Bill Murray. At that time, she played the role of a 22-year-old girl, but in reality, when she acted In this movie, Johansson is only 17 years old.
Throughout Johansson’s experience in Hollywood since she was a teenager, she said she encountered many sensitive situations that were not appropriate for her age, but luckily Johansson had a mother who was always there. side, trying every way to protect his daughter, as she has been working in the film industry since she was young.
Johansson has been acting in Hollywood since childhood. When she entered her teens, she began to be assigned roles with a sexual appearance (Photo: Page Six).
In fact, Johansson felt she was “cast” in sexually suggestive roles since she was a teenager and this continued until later, causing her to be considered one of those “actresses” sex symbol” in Hollywood.
Throughout Johansson’s experience in Hollywood since she was a teenager, she said she encountered many sensitive situations (Photo: Page Six).
Scarlett Johansson said: “When I was a teenage actress, I was always given roles of a sexual nature, and at that time, people easily accepted that. At that time, even though the character was There’s nothing sexual about me, so my styling or acting direction is always directed that way. The people who come up with ideas like this are always male directors.”
Scarlett Johansson has been mentioned a lot for her role as Black Widow Natalie Rushman in “Black Widow” (2021). This superhero movie is seen as a positive manifestation of the Hollywood filmmaking industry, as studios have given more deserved attention to big-budget films revolving around female characters.
However, Scarlett Johansson still frankly shared that she was very uncomfortable with the “sexualization” of the Black Widow character in “Iron Man 2” (2010). That’s when the Black Widow character first appeared in the Marvel cinematic world.
Scarlett Johansson has been mentioned a lot for her role as Black Widow Natalie Rushman in “Black Widow” (2021) (Photo: Page Six).
“Even though ‘Iron Man 2’ was very funny and had many great moments, I still found the Black Widow character to be over-sexualized. The other characters spoke about her quite disrespectfully, as if she were She was an item, a commodity, a possession, everything people said about her was all about her physical beauty. At that time, such words could be seen as compliments.
But I understand that a person’s true value is not measured by compliments like that, but like many other young women, I once chose to avoid conflicts of opinion, I just remained silent. and cower before rude words and silently try to redefine your own value,” Scarlett Johansson shared.
