Scarlett Johansson On Getting Pressured To Join Social Media To Promote Projects: “I Think The Film Will Do Fine”

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Social media may be important in today’s entertainment world, as Maya Hawke recently lamented regarding dynamics between follower counts and the casting process, but it seems that even a cemented veteran, Scarlett Johansson, is not immune to pressures related to the digital sphere.

In a recent cover story for InStyle, the MCU alumna shared that she is often asked by film studios or her team to join Instagram to promote her projects. “I mean, even today, I got an email from Universal [Pictures], and they’re like, ‘Hey, would you consider joining Instagram in tandem with the release of Jurassic World: Rebirth?’ [I] get a lot of pressure to join social media,” she explained, adding, “‘Is there a way I could do this and stay true to who I am?’ It didn’t feel like I could.” She continued, “The work that I put out there is all based in truth.

That’s the key ingredient. So if I was a person who really enjoyed social media, then I could totally get on the bandwagon. But I’m not.

And I think the film will do fine.” Jurassic World: Rebirth, also starring Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali, is the fourth in the franchise, following a team of scientists whose main aim is to acquire genetic samples from three of the largest dinosaurs in the sea, on land and in the air.