Scarlett Johansson Says She тАШCouldnтАЩt Get Out OfтАЩ Playing тАШBombshellтАЩ Characters When She Was Younger
By .
Scarlett Johansson opened up on how she тАЬgot stuckтАЭ playing тАЬbombshellтАЭ roles, in which she claims her old management team тАЬgroomedтАЭ her into taking at the beginning of her acting career.
тАЬI kind of became, like, an ing├йnue,тАЭ the actress told Bruce Bozzi during TuesdayтАЩs episode of iHeartRadioтАЩs тАЬTable for TwoтАЭ podcast.
тАЬYoung girls like that are really objectified, and thatтАЩs just a fact, so I think whatever box theyтАЩre put into, it sort of sets you on this trajectory for how your life will go. Now, obviously women really are able more now to choose their own path,тАЭ she┬аcontinued.
READ MORE:
Scarlett Johansson To Make First Major Move Into TV With тАШJust CauseтАЩ Series
When Johansson was in her late teens, she discovered her own womanhood and began to flirt with her own тАЬdesirability and sexualityтАЭ, however it didnтАЩt exactly help her escape from getting typecast.
тАЬI think because of that trajectory that I had been sort of launched towards, I really got stuck in this,тАЭ she explained.┬атАЬI was kind of being groomed in a way to be this what you call this bombshell type of actor. I was playing the other woman and this object of desire and, you know, I suddenly found myself cornered in this place, like, I couldnтАЩt get out of it.тАЭ
Soon after, the 38-year-old actress realized that appearance-based roles didnтАЩt have much of a life-span.
READ MORE:
Scarlett Johansson Reveals Joaquin Phoenix Had To Flee The тАШHerтАЩ Set Because Of Her Fake Orgasm Recordings: тАШHe Was Losing ItтАЩ
тАЬI think for that kind of bombshell [role] that burns bright and quick, and then you donтАЩt have much opportunity beyond that, and I just felt like I was burning out so quickly,тАЭ Johansson shared.
The┬атАЬIn Good CompanyтАЭ star also got candid about how she had a┬атАЬreally hard timeтАЭ back when she was filming тАЬLost in TranslationтАЭ┬аat age 17 with co-star┬аBill Murray.
тАЬOur characters have this тАж profound relationship and that was hard for me to .. I struggled with that for different reasons,тАЭ she told┬аBozzi.┬атАЬWhen I came out of it, it was like this weird fever dream.тАЭ
READ MORE:
Scarlett Johansson Recalls Feeling тАШHypersexualizedтАЩ Early In Her Career
Since having children,┬аJohansson, a mother of two, has been impacted to take on different projects.
тАЬI think thatтАЩs an important lesson to teach girls and boys тАФ to pursue work that is satisfying.тАЭ
