Jun 30, 2025 04:46 PM IST
Actor Scarlett Johansson recently shared how roles for women have changed since she entered Hollywood.
Actor Scarlett Johansson, who is known for working in ‘Avengers’, ‘Black Widow’, and many other successful performances, recently shared how roles for women have changed since she entered Hollywood, according to Variety. (Also Read: Scarlett Johansson defends her red carpet kisses with Jonathan Bailey: ‘I’ve got a lot of love to give’)
Scarlett Johansson on ‘desirable’ roles offered to her
The Scoop actor shared that when she started working in the industry, the roles she was offered usually centred around “desirability,” and the goals and needs of her male counterparts. However, she feels that things are changing, and today Hollywood is bringing “a different time for young women,” as per the outlet.
“The messaging is different, there are many more role models, women are visible in powerful positions, and the opportunities I have had to play women who don’t have to be just one thing or another have increased,” shared Scarlett.
She added, “But when I was younger, a lot of the roles I was offered, or I went for, had their ambitions or character arcs revolving around their desirability, or the male gaze, or a male-centred story. That is less frequent, though; something has shifted.”
On being hypersexualised at a young age
The A-list star has been vocal about her representation in the entertainment industry. In 2022, Scarlett said she was so “hypersexualised” by the industry at a young age that she thought it would be impossible to branch out into different types of roles.
“I kind of became objectified and pigeonholeed in this way where I felt like I wasn’t getting offers for work for things that I wanted to do,” said Scarlett. “I remember thinking to myself, ‘I think people think I’m 40 years old.’ It somehow stopped being something that was desirable and something that I was fighting against, ” she added, reported the publication.
