Scarlett Johansson is considered the highest paid actress in the world. But the way there was obviously anything but easy for the 34-year-old. At the beginning of her twenties, at the beginning of her career, she had the impression that she had been cast only for a certain type of woman, she said in a conversation with the Hollywood Reporter. "I was hypersexualized in a way."
For the people in the industry that seemed to have been okay at that time, said the American-Danish actress, who became internationally known through the filming of the roma "The Horse Whisperer" with Robert Redford. It was never her own understanding of herself and acting.
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Acting career: Scarlett Johansson and the power of opportunityFor some people in the film industry, this picture seems to have worked very well, said Johansson. However, it had been hard for her to get out of this niche. In the meantime, she had even thought about changing jobs.
"The climate today is so different"
Finally, you helped her play a role in a Broadway theater. The Arthur Miller play has strongly influenced her approach to acting. "It completely changed my understanding of work." At first she was frightened, but also liberating - because through the theater she had every night in the same role a chance to reinvent herself and work on herself.
Meanwhile, according to Scarlett Johansson, the access and influence of women in the theater and film industry has also changed. "The climate today is so different, there are so many great opportunities for women of all ages to play different roles."
Perhaps it is because Johansson's position in the industry is different. According to estimates by the business magazine "Forbes" she earns more than any other actress in the world. According to the survey, between July 2018 and June 2019, it totaled approximately $ 56 million.