Scarlett Johansson quits trans role after LGBT backlash.

The star said she realised it would be "insensitive" to take up the role (Reuters)

US actor Scarlett Johansson has dropped out of a role in which she was going to play a transgender man following a backlash from the LGBT community.

The Avengers star was set to play 1970s Pittsburgh crime boss Dante “Tex” Gill, who was born Jean Gill, in Rub & Tug.