She thought her career would end early on because she was seen in a certain way from a young age.
Scarlett Johansson might be regarded as one of Hollywoodās most beautiful stars ā but it hasnāt always been easy on the Oscar nominee.
āI kind of became objectified and pigeonholed in this way where I felt like I wasnāt getting offers for work for things that I wanted to do,ā theĀ AvengersĀ star, 37, said on the landmark 500th episode of Dax ShepardāsĀ Armchair ExpertĀ podcast.
āI remember thinking to myself, āI think people think Iām 40 years old,āā said Johansson, who has been in films sinceĀ NorthĀ in 1994. āIt somehow stopped being something that was desirable and something that I was fighting against.ā
Pointing to her role as an aimless 22-year-old wife in Sofia Coppolaās Oscar-winningĀ Lost In Translation, at which point Johansson herself was 17, opposite Bill Murrayās unconventional middle-aged romantic lead, the actress said she was viewed as a veteran actor.
āI got kind of pigeonholed into this weird hyperš eš„ualised thing. I felt like (my career) was over,ā she explained.
These days, up-and-coming actors are āallowed to be all these different things,ā said Johansson, noting: āItās another time, too. Weāre not even allowed to really pigeonhole other actors anymore, thankfully, right? People are much more dynamic.ā
Noting that she feels like she spans two generations, Johansson at one point told Shepard she was encouraged to āuse your feminine wiles, use your š eš„ualityā to get ahead.
āThereās our generation I think thatās done that but also been like āThis doesnāt feel right. Thereās gotta be some other way,āā she said, noting that women who are around 15 years younger believe, āāYou donāt have to take any of that cāp. No pandering.ā … Itās an interesting place to be in the in-between of.ā
Johansson said sheās also learned that āmeaningfulā change, whether in the entertainment industry or the world at large, isnāt linear.
āIt takes two steps forward and two steps back, and then it gets better and then it gets worse. Itās not finite,ā she said. āI think if you donāt leave room for people to figure it out, then the actual progressive change doesnāt really happen.ā
Source:https://www.thestar.com.my