Bizarre costumes can get stars into trouble in front of the camera. Shortly before her MCU debut, Scarlett Johansson wore something like this a Nazi uniform for the superhero hit The Spirit. She found the equipment extremely uncomfortable during filming, not least because of her Jewish origins and religion.
Scarlett Johansson felt uncomfortable wearing a swastika armband
In The Spirit, Johansson plays Silken Floss, the loyal right-hand man of the insane villain The Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson). Just like her boss She is characterized by her extremely bizarre choice of clothing. As Johansson explained to Dark Horizons in 2008, the SS uniform caused her great difficulties.
I never thought I would wear a swastika armband. It was completely bizarre putting on the uniform for the first time. I thought, “My grandfather is turning in his grave.”
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Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson in The Spirit
As Johansson explains in the interview, as a Jew she felt particularly uncomfortable in the costume. In the end she got the uniform though as an expression of the film’s exaggerated look.
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