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Scarlett Johanssonis reflecting on her past controversies, remembering the “embarrassing” feeling she had when the gaffes “[came] out publicly.”
In a new conversation with U.K. magazineThe Gentlewoman, the 36-year-old actress joked that she has “made a career out of” her missteps.
And while she’s “going to have opinions about things, because that’s just who I am,“the two-time Oscar nomineealso said, “I mean, everyone has a hard time admitting when they’re wrong about stuff, and for all of that to come out publicly, it can be embarrassing.”
“To have the experience of, ‘Wow, I was really off mark there,’ or, ‘I wasn’t looking at the big picture,’ or, ‘I was inconsiderate,’ " Johansson told the magazine. “I’m also a person.”
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Johansson previously toldMarie Clairethat it wasn’t her intention to take herGhost in the Shellrole away from an Asian actor, saying in 2017, “Diversity is important in Hollywood, and I would never want to feel like I was playing a character that was offensive.”
“Also, having a franchise with a female protagonist driving it is such a rare opportunity. Certainly, I feel the enormous pressure of that — the weight of such a big property on my shoulders,” she added.
In November 2019, theJojo Rabbitactress admitted that she “mishandled” a situation in which she received backlash for being cast as a transgender character inRub & Tug— a film she subsequently withdrew from.
“Iwas not sensitive, my initial reactionto it. I wasn’t totally aware of how the trans community felt about those three actors playing — and how they felt in general about cis actors playing — transgender people,” Johansson said, referring toJeffrey Tambor,Jared LetoandFelicity Huffman, other cisgender actors who have portrayed trans characters and whom a representative for Johansson referred to in a previousstatement to Bustle.
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“I wasn’t aware of that conversation — I was uneducated,” Johansson continued. “So I learned a lot through that process. I misjudged that … It was a hard time. It was like a whirlwind.”
She added, “I felt terribly about it. To feel like you’re kind of tone-deaf to something is not a good feeling.”
“How do I feel about Woody Allen? I love Woody,” she toldThe Hollywood Reporterin August 2019. “I believe him, and I would work with him anytime.”
Johansson continued, “I see Woody whenever I can, and I have had a lot of conversations with him about it. I have been very direct with him, and he’s very direct with me. Hemaintains his innocence, and I believe him.”
source: people.com
