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Scarlett Johansson Was Offered ‘Male Gaze’ Roles Early in Her Career
Scarlett Johansson reflected on her early Hollywood roles and how she was often cast in 'male gaze' parts before finding more opportunities
Scarlett Johansson has seen roles for women in Hollywood improve since she started her career — but she remembers a time when things weren’t so rosy. “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,” she explained. “I kind of became objectified and pigeonholed in this way where I felt like I wasn’t getting offers for work for things that I wanted to do,” she said on Dax Shepard ’s “Armchair Expert” podcast in October 2022.
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