When it was announced that Johansson had signed on to star as real-life massage parlor owner Dante "Tex" Gill, a transgender man, in Rub & Tug, the casting was met with backlash, much like Johansson's casting in Ghost in the Shell, where she played a Japanese manga character.
Johansson stirred up a bigger ruckus with her tone-deaf response to the criticism, issued by her rep to Bustle: Read more...