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Scarlett Johansson Was Offered ‘Sex Object’ Roles ‘For Years’ After ‘Lost in Translation,’ Says Bill Murray Was in a ‘Hard Place’ on Set: ‘Life Has Humbled Him’ Now

By Zack Sharf May 15, 2025 | 7:08 AM

Scarlett Johansson remembered in an interview with Vanity Fair her career getting pigeonholed by “sex object” roles after the breakout success of Sofia Coppola’s 2003’s “Lost in Translation,” which cast a 17-year-old Johansson opposite Bill Murray. “After ‘Lost in Translation,’ every role that I was offered for years was ‘the girlfriend,’ ‘the other woman,’ a sex object […]