8 Questionable Things Scarlett Johansson Has Done (8 Reasons Why Fans Love Her)

4. Public Criticism

You know what grinds ScarJo’s gears? Being called ScarJo. Speaking to USA Today back in 2012, Johansson called the nickname “awful”. She complained, “It’s a laziness … People can’t actually say the whole name? It’s just bizarre … so Cate Blanchett is not, like, ‘CaBla’? Why is that? Why do I have to get stuck with [ScarJo]?” In a 2014 Glamour magazine interview, said Johansson, “I associate that name with, like, pop stars. It sounds tacky. It’s lazy and flippant…There’s something insulting about it.” Gee, tell us how you really feel…*whispers* ScarJo. We’ve been called worse. Scarlett has never been one to keep her opinions to herself. In the late 90’s as she searched for intelligent roles as a young teenager mature for her age, she lamented, “Unfortunately, because it’s adults writing these scripts, it’s tough. The problem is that adults portray kids like mall-rats, and not seriously; after all, we’re just like little adults and people with feelings too. Kids and teenagers just aren’t being portrayed with any real depth.” As an adult, Johansson’s diverse roles have included lending her voice to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and this year’s animated Isle of Dogs. Though Johansson has undeniable acting chops, it is firstly and undoubtedly her sex appeal and classic American good looks to which she owes much of her success. New Yorker film critic Anthony Lane wrote in 2014, “[Scarlett] is evidently, and profitably, aware of her sultriness, and of how much, down to the last inch, it contributes to the contours of her reputation.” Nevertheless, Scarlett has often been critical of beauty standards, chastising the media for endorsing an unrealistic image that causes eating disorders among women. In one article she wrote for HuffPost, she encouraged the reader to maintain a healthy body. Johansson said that she disliked being sexualized and that a preoccupation with a person’s attractiveness does not last. She lost the lead role in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) as its director David Fincher thought she was “too sexy” for the part.

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