Scarlett Johansson described feeling 'hypersexualized' and 'pigeonholed' in the early stages of her acting career in Hollywood. 

The Black Widow star, 37, appeared on Dax Shepard's podcast, Armchair Expert, on Monday, and shared how people in the industry saw her as older than what she was, leading to her not getting the roles she wanted.  

'I kind of became objectified and pigeonholed in this way where I felt like I wasn’t getting offers for work for things that I wanted to do. I remember thinking to myself, "I think people think I'm 40 years old,"' she revealed. 

'Because I think everybody thought I was older and that I'd been [acting] for a long time, I got kind of pigeonholed into this weird hypersexualized thing,' the beauty remarked.

'Now, I see younger actors that are in their 20s. It feels like they’re allowed to be all these different things,' she expressed.

'It's another time, too. We're not even allowed to really pigeonhole other actors anymore, thankfully, right? People are much more dynamic,' Johansson added.