A group of trans male actors have appeared in a video mocking Scarlett Johansson and her casting in Rub & Tug, a biopic of mob-connected massage parlour owner Dante “Tex” Gill.
Gill – born Lois Jean Gill – died in 2003 and was widely reported at the time to have identified as male.
An obituary in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette suggested that the underworld figure “may even have undergone the initial stages of a sex change”.
Trans actors have been vocal in their criticism of Johannson for accepting the role, and the video – produced by digital magazine Into – features a series of trans men “auditioning” for previous Johansson roles, including Ghost World, Her, and The Avengers.