GHOST IN THE SHELL Star Scarlett Johansson Is Once Again Under Fire For Accepting A Minority Role
Following the controversy surrounding Scarlett Johansson's decision to play The Major in Ghost in The Shell, the actress has come under fire again for choosing to play a trans character in Rub & Tug...
Avengers: Infinity War star Scarlett Johansson received quite a lot of backlash when she signed on to play The Major in Rupert Sanders' live-action Ghost in The Shell movie, and now the actress is once again under fire for accepting the lead role in another Sanders project.
Johansson will play Dante ‘Tex’ Gill - a real-life figure who transitioned from female to male and ran several mob-connected massage parlors in 1970s Pittsburgh - in the movie Rub & Tug.
The actress has now come in for a lot of criticism from those that believe that Gill should be played by a trans person - and hasn't done herself any favors with her rebuttal. According to Bustle, Johansson stated: "Tell them that they can be directed to Jeffrey Tambor, Jared Leto, and Felicity Huffman's reps for comment," when contacted for a response.
What do you guys make of this situation and others like it? Do you believe all minority roles should be played by minorities, or should the best person for the job get the part? Drop us a comment in the usual place.
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