Scarlett Johansson has spoken out about her career pre-Hollywood in a new podcast, with the actress admitting she was “groomed” into becoming an A-lister.
Scarlett Johansson, 38, is known for her successful Hollywood career, having even been named in the Forbes 100 most influential people list last year. The A-lister has admitted in a recent interview that she was “groomed” into becoming a “bombshell-type” actress, leaving her feeling like she had no escape from such a fate.
The actress used the opportunity to claim that she felt that she was “groomed” as a teenager to become a Hollywood “bombshell”.
The Black Widow star was only 19 when she was cast as the sophisticated Nola Rice in Woody Allen’s psychological thriller Match Point.
Having starred in this and movies like Girl With the Pearl Earring and Lost in Translation, Scarlett said she continuously saw herself playing the object of male desire during a time she was trying to cultivate star power in the industry.
Scarlett Johansson admits ‘being groomed’ in early career to become ‘bombshell’ actress (Image: GETTY)
Scarlett has had a career in Hollywood for over two decades
She continued: “It would be easy to sit across from someone in that situation and go, ‘This is working.’ But for that kind of bombshell, you know, that burns bright and quick and then it’s done and you don’t have an opportunity beyond that.
Scarlett admitted that she felt that there was no way out (Image: GETTY)
Scarlett has had a very successful career in Hollywood (Image: GETTY)
“It was an interesting, weird conundrum to be in but it really came back to working at it and trying to carve a place in different projects and work in great ensembles.”
Match Point director Woody Allen said of Scarlett in his 2020 memoir: “Not only was she gifted and beautiful but 𝑠e𝑥ually she was radioactive.”
The native New Yorker’s character is murdered with a shotgun by her lover, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, after confessing she became pregnant during their torrid affair in the Hollywood movie.
Scarlett said “playing the other woman and the object of desire” left her feeling “cornered in this place like I couldn’t get out of it.”