Scarlett Johansson reveals she’s been confined to hypersexualized roles since the beginning of her career

His by Spike Jonze Under the skin by Jonathan Glazer Marriage history by Noah Baumach… If Scarlett Johansson’s filmography is so fascinating, it’s because the actress has he knew how to reconcile blockbusters and arthouse films. However, this gamble was far from won. From the first roles of her, the actress he was stuck in hypersexualizing roles.

Modeled to become a sex symbol

Scarlett Johansson’s film career began as a child when she was just 10 years old. This Tuesday, December 13, the 38-year-old actress was a guest on the “Table for Two” podcast, whose variety reported the main points. On this occasion she returned to two of her most famous early films, Lost in translation And The girl with the Pearl Earring.

Scarlett Johansson has revealed that from the very beginning of her career she was confined to one role ultra-sexualized womandespite his young age. She explained: ” this period was kind of my transition to my adult career »stating that he had ” a lot of problems “Lost in translation“. »

Is your career threatened by these bombshell roles?

Scarlett Johansson denounced the fact that it was particularly young when the studios were formatting her to become an object of desire :

“I did Lost in Translation and Girl with a Pearl Earring when I was like 18 or 19 years old. I was just discovering my femininity and still learning about my desirability and sexuality. I was somehow conditioned, shaped to be what is called an actress of the ” bomb“. I was playing the other woman, the object of desire, and suddenly I was stuck there, confined to this role. I couldn’t get out anymore. »

This forced and permanent hypersexualization it made Scarlett Johansson fear seeing her shorten your career.

“QWhen you’re that kind of bomb, you know, it goes off hard and fast. And then it’s over. And you have no more opportunities beyond that. So I was faced with an interesting and strange puzzle, working on that and trying to carve out a place for myself in different projects, in bigger castings. »

As explained in the podcast, Scarlett Johansson too had to rewrite some of these roles. So it was in 2010 a Iron man 2. The actress had reworked her role with director Jon Favreau since the Black Widow character was originally ” underdeveloped and hypersexualized ».

The actress will soon appear inCity of AsteroidsWes Anderson’s next film.

Feature Image Credit: © Focus Features