Scarlett Johansson on casting controversies: 'I should be allowed to play any person, or any tree, or any animal because that is my job and the requirements of my job'
Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP/Shutterstockaddressed her recent casting controversies in a new interview where the actress reflected on the current socially conscious “trend” permeating through Hollywood and questioned whether political correctness should inform casting decisions.
“You know, as an actor I should be allowed to play any person, or any tree, or any animal because that is my job and the requirements of my job,” Johansson told artist David Salle inJohansson’s comments come after the actress faced a pair of casting controversies, first for her “whitewashed” leading role in the, which told the real-life story of a mob boss who was born a woman but identified as a man; following outcry, Johansson...
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