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Film Analysis
How Scarlett Johansson Rewrote the Rules of the Hollywood Action Star
Before Scarlett Johansson, female action heroes in Hollywood were largely window dressing — present but rarely central. Over the course of more than a decade in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and beyond, ScarJo didn't just participate in the action genre; she fundamentally reshaped what it could look like when a woman was the one calling the shots.