Plus, she’s had this come up more than once. And instead of doing what, say, Ed Skrein did for Hellboy (boy did he make the right call to skip that movie), she doubles down on her initial positions … but then, in the case of Rub Tug, backs off anyway. The market for a Rub Tug movie would probably need the support of the communities Johansson turned off with her comments, so dropping out was probably the only move there.
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