US actress Scarlett Johansson says she was ‘groomed’ for ‘sexuality’-heavy roles: ‘I couldn’t get out of it’

Scarlett Johansson worked with Jon Favreau and Kevin Feige to round out the role of Natasha Romanoff. Photo: Handout

Scarlett Johansson has a complicated relationship with her history of taking on roles that highlight her “desirability and sexuality”.

“I did Lost In Translation and Girl With The Pearl Earring, and by that point, I was 18, 19 and I was coming into my own womanhood and learning my own desirability and sexuality,” the New York-born Black Widow star said on Tuesday’s (Dec 13) episode of the Table for Two With Bruce Bozzi podcast.