On a recent edition of “Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi,” Scarlett Johansson made an appearance and admitted that at the beginning of her acting career, she felt “groomed” to be a “bombshell” actor. Even though she intended to be the center of attention while creating a stepping stone for her acting career, she felt that the audiences were enjoying her more and more.
She was appearing in movies like “Lost in Translation,” “Match Point,” and “Girl with the Pearl Earring” at the time.
The Oscar-nominated actress frequently portrayed the object of male desire. She was trying to establish star power in the entertainment world at the time this happened.
I acted in Lost in Translation and Girl With the Pearl Earring when I was 18, and 19, and beginning to understand my own womanhood, desirability, and sexuality. According to Johansson, I was in a way being prepared to be this type of performer known as a bombshell. I was posing as the other woman and the object of desire when I found myself unexpectedly surrounded by people. I was unable to escape from it.
She Went On,
It would be simple to say, “This is working,” to the person across from you in that circumstance. However, with that kind of bombshell, you know, it just goes off bright and fast and you have no more chances. It was an intriguing, peculiar situation to be in, but ultimately it came down to working hard, trying to find a niche in various projects, and performing with excellent ensembles.
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Johansson also recalled how the public initially perceived her role as Black Widow in “Iron Man 2” as “underdeveloped and over-sexualized.”
To make the character more progressive, the actor worked with director Jon Favreau and Marvel Studios CEO Kevin Feige. Johansson stated earlier this year that she believed her Hollywood career ended as a result of her constant “hyper-sexualization.”
Johansson remarked on the Armchair Expert podcast, “I kind of became objectified and pigeonholed in this manner where I felt like I wasn’t getting offers for work for things that I wanted to do.”
I can still hear myself saying, “I suppose they think I’m 40 years old.” Somehow, it ceased to be something I fought against and considered attractive.
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She continued, “I think everyone assumed I was older and had been [acting] for a very long time. I kind of got pigeonholed into this odd hyper-sexualized thing.
