Scarlett Johansson says her initial roles revolved around "desirability"

Scarlett Johansson, who is known for working in Avengers, Black Widow, and other successful blockbusters, recently spoke about how roles for women have changed since she entered Hollywood.

The Scoop actor said when she started working, the roles she was offered usually centred around "desirability," and the goals and needs of her male counterparts.

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However, she feels that things are changing, and today Hollywood is bringing "a different time for young women," Variety reported.

"The messaging is different, there are many more role models, women are visible in powerful positions, and the opportunities I have had to play women who don't have to be just one thing or another have increased," shared Johansson, she said.

The A-list star has been vocal about her representation in the entertainment industry.

In 2022, Johansson said she was so "hypersexualised" by the industry at a young age that she thought it would be impossible to branch out into different types of roles.

"I kind of became objectified and pigeonholed in this way where I felt like I wasn't getting offers for work for things that I wanted to do," said Johansson.

"I remember thinking to myself, 'I think people think I'm 40 years old.' It somehow stopped being something that was desirable and something that I was fighting against, " she was quoted as saying by Variety.