Scarlett Johansson admitted that she began to question her future in Hollywood after losing two major acting roles to Emily Blunt and Sandra Bullock.
The 38-year-old actress told Variety that she became demoralized after being rejected for parts in the 2010 Marvel blockbuster "Iron Man 2" and the 2013 science fiction hit "Gravity." "I got turned down for two roles — the first was ‘Iron Man 2’ and then the other one was Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity,’" Johansson told the outlet. "I had wanted that role so much." She continued, "It was sort of the straw that broke the camel’s back.
I felt really frustrated and hopeless. Like, ‘Am I doing the right job?’" Additionally, the New York native was discouraged by the roles that she was being offered.Though her performance in 2010's "Lost in Translation" earned her a best actress Golden Globe nomination, a best actress BAFTA win and established her as a bankable star, she felt that she started being typecast as a "bombshell." "It was hard to get out of that pigeonhole," Johansson recalled. "And I did films like ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’ and movies that kind of continued that narrative.
I couldn’t make any headway." "The work I was being offered felt deeply unfulfilling," she added. "I think I was offered every Marilyn Monroe script ever.
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