Actress Scarlett Johansson says she tells Hollywood studios to scrap movies they offer her if she doesn’t understand who is going to see the films.
Ms. Johansson told the Los Angeles Times that she has told studio executives, “I don’t know who you’re making this for.” She called some of those suggested projects irresponsible, but she declined to name the films or studios.
In previous interviews, she has criticized roles that have placed her as the “girlfriend, an ’other’ woman, or a sex object.”
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Her new comments come as she promotes “Paper Tiger,” a crime drama directed by James Gray. She plays Hester Pearl, a Queens mother hiding a serious medical diagnosis.
The movie opens in select theaters Friday and expands nationwide Nov. 20.
Ms. Johansson is known for her roles in “Black Widow,” “Jurassic World Rebirth,” “Girl with a Pearl Earring” and the upcoming “The Exorcist: Martyrs” and Ari Aster’s “Scapegoat.”
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