Scarlett Johansson’s look-alike has inspired a woman to openly discuss the difficulties of being famous.
TikToker Kate Shumskaya uses the username @mimisskate to attract more than 10.2 millions of followers on social media.
Sometimes, she dresses up as characters from movies Johansson has appeared in. For example, Natasha Romanoff in Marvel Cinematic Universe.
A clip in which she is dressed as Johansson’s character Black Widow eating a McDonald’s cheeseburger has been viewed over 42.3 million times.
Shumskaya, who is from Russia, also dressed up as Johansson’s character from the film Ghost in the Shell – a role that she was criticised for due to “whitewashing”.
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Shumskaya was also criticised for dressing up in her character’s clothes. “Let’s kill her”.
She shared her story with the Daily Mail: “When Scarlett Johansson was accused of ‘whitewashing’ an Asian character in the film Ghost in the Shell, some of the criticism ended up aimed at me, as her lookalike.
“People from all over the world dress up as that character, but they decided to attack me, because I’m a lookalike. It was very unpleasant.”
Shumskaya said she’s been compared to the A-list actress ever since she was younger, and recalled an incident in school when she thought childhood photos of Johansson were of herself.
She said: “Some school friends came up to me when I was around 12 years old and showed me a photo and I was like, ‘Is that me?’
“They said, ‘No, it’s Scarlett Johansson when she was a child,’ and I was really taken aback. So I’ve known I look like her for a while, but I didn’t really think anything of it.”
The 25 year-old model has made a lot of money in Moscow as she has millions upon millions of followers.