I no longer get roles just because I am desirable, says Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson has revealed that she is no longer offered roles solely because she is considered 'desirable'.
The Lost in Translation star revealed that she was offered a string of rom-coms, such as He's Just Not That into You (2009), where only sex appeal was required – something she described as 'deeply unfulfilling'.
However, in an interview with the Sunday Times magazine reflecting on how her career has changed, the 39-year-old actress said: 'The messaging is different.'
She explained: '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 just be one thing or another have increased.
'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 own desirability, or the male gaze, or a male-centred story.
'That is less frequent, though something has shifted.'
Johansson, who starred as Black Widow in nine Marvel films, said that in the early stages of 'responsibility then was just to be productive' in the early stages of her career.
The actress added: 'Trying to maintain the momentum of my career and wait for things that felt right. And that is hard because there is an existential angst that comes with waiting, but I had to allow space for the creative process to do its thing.
'It was nerve-racking. I'm in a business where you feel like, at any moment, you'll become irrelevant. But I think it pays of – I know it does.'
When asked how she stays motivated during her career, she said: 'There are just so many things that I imagine doing.
'I'd love to do more theatre, a film with a musical element. A horror.'
Johansson also said that she looked up to Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock and Indiana Jones star Harrison Ford when she was younger.
She said of Ford: 'He seems so shy and reserved, a private person. But he is also so photogenic, his shyness is revealed through a little twinkle in his eye, his vulnerability shines through.
'Some people just have that star quality.'
It comes as Jurassic World: Rebirth, which stars Johansson as Zora Bennett, who leads a team that wants to extract blood from dinosaur hearts in search of a cure for human heart disease, is set to be released this week.
Johansson said she is an original Jurassic Park fan and recalled: 'I was blown away as a kid.'
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