When Scarlett Johansson Took A Dig At Jared Leto After Receiving Backlash For Wanting To Play A Trans-Man Role: ” I Should Be Able To Play Any Person, Or Any Tree…”

Scarlett Johansson is someone who is quite familiar with controversies. Despite being a fabulous actress, her movie choices have often landed her in trouble. She recently filed a lawsuit against Walt Disney for releasing Black Widow on the online streaming platform as her fees were based only on box office collection. She once received backlash for white-washing in the film Ghost. Earlier, the actress made headlines for wanting to play a transgender role, which ultimately did not work out.

Scarlett Johansson debuted as a child artist in the movie North in 1994. Over the year, she delivered several brilliant performances in movies like The Other Boleyn Girl, Marriage Story, Girl With A Pearl Earring and the Avengers series.

In 2018, it was announced that Scarlett Johansson would play the role of a transgender man in the movie Rub And Tug. The movie was based on the real-life story of Dante “Text” Gill, a trans man who ran massage parlours, which was a cover-up for a brothel. The casting irked the LGBTQ+ community as they did not wish for a cis-gendered female to represent a transgender man. Scarlett did not take the flak lightly, and her rep told Bustle, “Tell them that they can be directed to Jeffrey Tambor, Jared Leto, and Felicity Huffman’s reps for comment.”