Scarlett Johansson representative reacts to Rub & Tug's transgender casting controversy

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Deadline reported Monday that Johansson will play Dante "Tex" Gill, who was born Jean Marie Gill but identified as a man, in the popular drama Rub & Tug directed by its director Ghost in the Shell Rupert Sanders. Actors and defenders of the trans quickly denounced the fact of giving trans roles to cisgender actors and stealing "our story".

On Tuesday, a representative of Johansson addressed the criticism in a statement obtained by Bustle, who said: "

Tambor, Leto and Huffman all played trans characters through the series Transparent Amazon, Dallas, and they can be directed to Jeffrey Tambor, Jared Leto and representatives of Felicity Huffman. Buyers Club and Transamerica – and they have all received recognition awards, whether it's an Emmy win, an Oscar win, or an Oscar nomination.

"Oh word" So you can continue to play us but we can not play it? " Trace Lysette de Transparent tweeted. "Hollywood is so cracked … I would not be so upset if I went in the same rooms as Jennifer Lawrence and Scarlett for cis roles, but we know that's not the case." . "

She added how the actors cisgender" play us and steal our story and our opportunity ", but also" pat [themselves] on the back with trophies and accolades to imitate what we lived … so crooked.I've finished so much … "

Sense8's Jamie Clayton echoed the struggle of trans actors trying to get the same opportunities as cisgender actors.

"Actors who are never auditioned FOR SOME OTHER" ROLES OF TRANS CHARACTERS, "writes Clayton." That's the real problem. We can even go to the room. Cast actors that are TRANS as non-TRANS characters. I challenge you.

Tambor, who was dismissed from Transparent for allegations of sexual misconduct that he repeatedly denied, had already used his platform to defend trans talents. . "I just hope that there will be more opportunities for transgender talent," he said in his Emmys 2016 speech. "I'd very much like to be the last man." I think we're here now. "

Johansson and Sanders had previously been at the center of a controversy surrounding Ghost in the Shell . The film, released last year, was accused of money laundering when Johansson was seen playing major, a traditionally Japanese character in animated sources

Reps for Johansson and Sanders were not immediately available to respond to requests from EW.