Los Angeles Scarlett Johansson has been criticised for playing the role of a transgender person in her new film. However the actress refused to comment on the issue.
The actress is set to star in the upcoming film Rub & Tug which tells the story of a transgender man, Dante ‘Tex’ Gill, who owned a massage parlour in Pittsburgh’s underground sex industry in the 1970s, according to Vice News, reports people.com
In a statement obtained by Bustle, the actress said via her representative that “Tell them (trollers) they can be directed to Jeffrey Tambor, Jared Leto, and Felicity Huffman’s representatives for comment.”
Johansson, 33, has been one of the world’s highest paid actresses from 2014-2016. She has acted in popular films like the Avengers, Just not that into you, Under this skin among others.
Her choice of playing a transgender man in her new film has left people criticising her on Twitter.