Scarlett Johansson Thinks There's Nothing Wrong With Her Playing A Transgender Man

Scarlett Johansson has responded to critics deeming her unworthy to play a transgender character. 

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Set in the 1970s, Rub & Tug details the struggles of a transgender man who owns a massage parlor in Pittsburgh's underground sex industry.

The decision to cast Scarlett as the film's lead, Dante "Tex" Gill, is generating huge backlash from the public.

No offense to Scarlett Johansson but there are many beautiful trans women in the world, and I MEAN MANY...so ask Hollywood to keep looking!

— Tshepi Makhatha (@TshepiMakhatha) July 4, 2018

Literally the LEAST you could do when making a movie about trans people is to cast a trans person in the role that was written for them. Scarlett Johansson needs to stop naievely choosing roles, and studios need to do better.

— Derek Abolish ICE Sherry 🌹 (@NotKyleSherry) July 4, 2018

Scarlett Johansson is canceled.

— 💖✨Mel✨💖 (@grungeugly) July 4, 2018

ScarJo's rep has told the media that she won't be adressing the criticism, and that "they can be directed to Jeffrey Tambor, Jared Leto, and Felicity Huffman's reps for comment." 

This isn't the first time Johansson has faced controversy over a role. The actress was accused of "whitewashing" when she played an asian character in 2017 film Ghost in the Shell.

What are your thoughts on this casting decision?

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