Scarlett Johansson has opened up about what it means for women to be their own allies while working in male-dominated industries, in an interview alongside her co-star Florence Pugh.
Johansson, who topped Forbes’ list of highest paid actresses in 2019, told Glamour magazine that women are “undermined, underserved, under-appreciated and underpaid” in the film industry.
The Black Widow star said it was her mother who taught her that “you have to be your own ally” from a young age, after “she’d experienced it even more severely than I did”.
Adding that equal pay was a major part of the fight against sexism, Johansson said: “Even when I was a teenager in the industry or a young woman, my mom would have those conversations.
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