Los Angeles July 4 (IANS) Scarlett Johansson has been criticised for playing a transgender in her new film. However the actress-singer refused to comment on the reaction.
The actress is set to star in the upcoming film "Rub & Tug" which tells the story of a transgender man Dante Tex Gill who owned a massage parlour in Pittsburgh s underground sex industry in the 1970s according to Vice News reports people.com
In a statement obtained by Bustle the actress said via her representative that "Tell them (trollers) they can be directed to Jeffrey Tambor Jared Leto and Felicity Huffman s representatives for comment."
Johansson 33 has been one of the world s highest paid actresses from 2014-2016. She has acted in popular films like "Just not into you" "Under this skin" and "Hitchcock".
Her choice of playing a transgender man in her new film has left people criticising her on Twitter.

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