Johansson has long been outspoken against sexism in Hollywood, sharing in 2021 that her role in Marvel’s Black Widow was inspired by the #MeToo movement and women who had experienced abuse by men of power in real life.

“We had to comment on what is this incredible movement of women supporting other women, and coming through these shared experiences of trauma on the other side by really coming forward and supporting one another,” she told Yahoo. “At the very beginning of really seriously talking about what this could be about, it was right during the beginning of the #MeToo movement and felt like, you cannot miss the opportunity to draw the comparison between these two things.”

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