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Scarlett Johansson Says She Has the Right to Portray ‘Any Person’ She Wants
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In my brief days in acting class, I genuinely played a tree.
I can't speak to her meaning, but it didn't flag anything in my mind due to my experience.
Coming soon The Trail of Tears where Scarlett bravely plays every first nations role simultaneously.
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I expect her inevitable portrayal of Obama to be on par with Dee's from Its Always Sunny. WHERE MY SENATORS AT, DAWG???
smh, LGBTQ people wanting to be represented properly in film and opening up more acting roles for themselves doesn't mean Scarlett is going to lose the opportunity to play a Dog in a Dreamworks cartoon.
She's not actually wrong. There's certainly space for actors and actresses to put their own spin on characters. For instance, gender swapping characters has, at times, been celebrated and it can bring a fresh take on an older character. That said, just because it can be done doesn't mean it's always a good idea. Sometimes, the inspiration would be better off as true to the original.
Clearly she has missed that point. She also said this in like the worst way possible. She sounds like she's completely apathetic toward the concerns of others. As if art excuses everything. It doesn't.
Clearly she has missed that point. She also said this in like the worst way possible. She sounds like she's completely apathetic toward the concerns of others. As if art excuses everything. It doesn't.
She is allowed, the police aren't coming to her door to arrest her. Just as she's allowed to do that, people are allowed to criticize her.
This is straight from my ass, but the sense I get is that she wants serious critical acclaim, sees that addressing issues regarding race and LGBT+ seems to get that, and decided "okay, I'll do that then" while having a completely vapid, insight-less view of the subjects. Now that that's failed, probably because of that vapid view, she then goes on the blame people for not letting her win the same way she saw others do it instead of evaluating what she's been doing wrong in the roles she's been seeking out.
That's the thing it's not just that she can play any role but that she should be celebrated for doing so. Maybe they can make a biopic of Vin Diesel and she can play him in a Groot costume for the whole thing so she can fulfill two of her wishes at once?
Very attainable. If you can't get legs like this, it's probably your diet holding you back.To be fair, no one would.
Glad that someone else picked up on that. She is still wrong when so few roles go to Asian Americans or PoC broadly but Vulture is still trash as well. They know full well the implications of accusing her of calling it her "Right" as it conveys an extreme sense of entitlement. She probably is, but attributing language like that to her when she didn't use it is still bullshit and deserves being called out alongside the criticism of her.
I could see this being the case.
Specially now that every other non Marvel movie that star her seem to bomb at the box office (Under The Skin, Rough Night and Ghost in the Shell). Scarlet must the truly desperate for some success before she's labeled as box office poison.
Reading that it seems like she's triggered af, calm down ScarJo.
How dare they try to limit me to white peoples' roles!!! I AM AN ACTRESS AND I WANNA DO MY ART lol stfu.
How dare they try to limit me to white peoples' roles!!! I AM AN ACTRESS AND I WANNA DO MY ART lol stfu.
Her playing an Asian woman was dumb but I have no problems with straight actors playing gay roles. Being forced to pull out of that trans role was messed up.
Eddie Redmayne was fantastic in The Danish Girl. It's called acting ffs.
Eddie Redmayne was fantastic in The Danish Girl. It's called acting ffs.
I took it as a subtle way to confirm that she has been casted as a female Ent on the LOTR prequel
An extremely common thing that white moderates do is seek to look woke by "helping" marginalized groups, but the second someone from those groups says "Excuse me, can you actually not say/do that, that's hurtful to us" they explode and go "WELL I GUESS YOU DON'T ACTUALLY WANT MY HELP THEN! THIS IS WHY TRUMP WON. PC GONE MAD!" and then a year later they're making the right-wing talk show circuit talking about how they used to be a liberal but "today's Democratic Party just doesn't get it anymore."
She really just keeps showing over and over again that at the absolute best, she does not understand the issues or the people that she wants to represent in movies. When you receive backlash for a trans role, don't go for some dumb comparison like being able to play trees. It's so insulting to be compared to plants
Can someone explain to me why Scarjo is catching all the heat for this stupid decision instead of say..idk..the CASTING director or even the studio/director themselves?
I'm ticked they are whitewashing but In my opinion, The people who made the casting decision get the horns...unless scarjo muscled her way into the role like some actresses and actors do.
I'm ticked they are whitewashing but In my opinion, The people who made the casting decision get the horns...unless scarjo muscled her way into the role like some actresses and actors do.