Avengers' star Drops a Role After Criticism.
Scarlett Johansson will not be playing the role of real life transgender Dante "Tex" Gill.
The actor will no longer play a trans male character in the
upcoming film Rub and Tug after receiving widespread backlash for the casting
decision.
She said,"In light of recent ethical questions raised
surrounding my casting as Dante ‘Tex’ Gill, I have decided to respectfully
withdraw my participation in the project,” the actor said in a statement
provided to LGBT+ focusing news outlet Out Magazine. “Our cultural
understanding of transgender people continues to advance, and I’ve learned a
lot from the community since making my first statement about my casting and
realise it was insensitive.”
Dante "Tex" Gill was an American transgender
gangster and massage parlour owner.The film, directed by Rupert Sanders, is a
fact-based portrayal of prostitution in the 1970s and 1980s. Gill, who was born
Lois Jean Gill, operated a prostitution ring through his massage parlour in
Pittsburgh. Gill died in 2003 at the age of 73.
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