Hollywood bombshell Scarlett Johansson has revealed she was typecast and put into provocative roles from a young age.
The 38-year-old “Black Widow” star made the bombshell admission during an interview on the iHeartRadio podcast “Table for Two”.
She revealed she felt “objectified” by Tinseltown and was offered roles that matched their perception of her as a sex symbol.
The A-lister’s comments have shocked fans, who are now calling for more respect for female actors in the industry.
“I kind of became, like, an ingénue,” Johansson recalled of her early career. “Young girls like that are really objectified, and that’s just a fact, so I think whatever box they’re put into, it sort of sets you on this trajectory for how your life will go. Now, obviously women really are able more now to choose their own path.”
She remembered how, in her early adolescence, she began to accept her “desirability and sexuality,” which shaped her entire career.
“I think because of that trajectory that I had been sort of launched towards, I really got stuck in this,” Johansson explained.
“I was kind of being groomed in a way to be this what you call this bombshell type of actor. I was playing the other woman and this object of desire and, you know, I suddenly found myself cornered in this place, like, I couldn’t get out of it.”
Working on “Lost in Translation” with Bill Murray when she was 17 was a particularly difficult experience, according to the actress.
“Our characters have this … profound relationship and that was hard for me … I struggled with that for different reasons,” she said of the role. “When I came out of it, it was like this weird fever dream.”
The “Lucy” actress stated that time and experience have altered her viewpoint, and that having children had made her more selective about the types of film jobs she is ready to accept.
“I think that’s an important lesson to teach girls and boys — to pursue work that is satisfying,” she said of her current outlook.