'I was hyper-sexualized': Scarlett Johansson reveals how her early Hollywood image was crafted by a 'bunch of dudes'
Scarlett Johansson's rise to stardom did not have a smooth beginning. The stunning beauty recently opened up to The Hollywood Reporter about how she was hyper-sexualized right when she started her Hollywood career.
“I feel when I was working in my early 20s and even in my late teens/early 20s, I felt that I sort of got, somehow, typecast. I was very hyper-sexualized," she admitted. "Which, I guess, at the time seemed OK to everyone. It was another time.”
Johansson's first major gig as an actor began with 'North' in 1994, and the rest is history.
One of her most notable roles was in the film 'Lost in Translation' (2003) in which her character piques the interest of Bill Murray's middle-aged character. She was just 18 when the movie was released. The actress also garnered critical acclaim for her role in the 2003 film 'Girl with a Pearl Earring', in which she played the muse of Colin Firth's character. The pair notably has a 25-year age difference.
She won Golden Globe nominations for her stellar performances in both the movies.
“Even though it wasn’t a part of my own narrative, it was kind of crafted for me by probably a bunch of dudes in the industry,” the Marvel star said. “And I guess that worked then, but it was really difficult for me to try to figure out how to get out of being an ingenue or the other woman because it was never anything that I had intended.”
Johansson led the Broadway cast of 'A View From the Top' in 2009, which, according to her, totally "reset my whole way of thinking about how I could work and the different kinds of opportunities that could be available to me."
Furthermore, she said she finally "had the opportunity to change the narrative.”
That said, the gorgeous actress has had a big year thus far, starring in blockbusters 'Avengers: Endgame,' 'Jojo Rabbit' and 'Marriage Story.'