SCARLETT JOHANSSON EXITS TRANS FILM RUB & TUG AMID BACKLASH
Scarlett Johansson will not play a transgender character on the big screen after all. Last week, news that she would play real-life transgender man Dante “Tex” Gill in a new movie called Rub & Tug sparked a backlash from members of the LGBTQ community and their supporters, who felt her casting stole an acting opportunity from transgender actors and highlighted an ongoing problem of lack of diversity in film.