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Actress has been criticized for agreeing to play the crime boss long
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Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson has abandoned the role of a transgender person after a strong reaction against her choice, revealed the Actress in an interview with "In light of recent ethical issues regarding my role as Dante Tex Gill, I decided respectfully to give up my participation in the project," said the 33-year-old actress .
"Our cultural understanding of the transgender people continues to advance, and I have learned a lot from the community since I made my first statement on paper and I I realized that she was insensitive, "said the actress
. Rice was to play in Rub and Tug about an operator of a mbadage and prostitution room who became a major criminal figure in the 1970s and 1980s. Born Lois Jean Gill, he identified himself as a man
When Scarlett's choice for the role was announced, the actress and the project were criticized on social networks for not giving the opportunity to a Trans actress, like Trace Lysette or Jamie Clayton.
After criticism by distribution, [19459005 Bustle : "Tell them to speak directly to actors Jeffrey Tambor, Jared Leto and Felicity Huffman." The memo recalled that many men were playing trans women in movies and on television and even ended up winning, in the case of Leto, who had won the Oscar for the role for the Dallas Shopping Club. and Tambor twice winning Emmy and a Golden Globe for his role in Transparent – Tambor did not fall into the mesh of critics after accusations of abuse on the set of the series
"I understand why many think it (Gill) is to be interpreted by a transbadual person, and I am grateful that this debate, although controversial, has sparked a broader conversation on diversity and film representation. "
Transgender community members supported the decision of the actress, but stressed that the long road to equality still needs to be negotiated. "Thanks to Scarlett Johansson for being removed from Rub and Tug … Now the real work begins," tweeted Ashlee Marie Preston, a civil rights activist. "It took a long time to get to Hollywood, but the trans community is ready if you are."
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