Scarlett Johnasson was asked to join Instagram for ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ promo but refused
Scarlett Johansson has revealed she turned down a studio’s request to join Instagram to promote her role in the upcoming blockbuster Jurassic World Rebirth.
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In the seventh film in the franchise that began with Jurassic Park, Johansson plays Zora Bennett, a covert operation expert recruited to join a team on a secret mission to infiltrate the island that served as the research facility for the original Jurassic Park.
The film co-stars Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailey, and is directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Rogue One). The film comes to cinemas worldwide on July 2.
In a recent interview with InStyle Magazine, the actor revealed that a request from the studio behind the movie led her to question whether she could handle the world of social media.
“I mean, even today, I got an email from Universal (Pictures), and they’re like, ‘Hey, would you consider joining Instagram in tandem with the release of Jurassic World Rebirth?” she recalled. “I get a lot of pressure to join social media. (It made me wonder)… is there a way where I could do this and stay true to who I am? It didn’t feel like I could”.
Scarlett Johansson has largely stayed away from social media during her career, saying in an appearance on Him & Her Show podcast that she was too “fragile” to use it.
“I have enough anxiety” she said, “That would give me too much anxiety”. She then shared that: “I had Instagram once for three days, and when I’d started realise that I’d spent 20 minutes looking at someone’s Instagram page… I was like ‘I just wasted 17 minutes of time!’”
Recently, the star waded into a social media debate after an AI-generated version of her was used in a video to condemn the online posts of Kanye West.
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