Sydney Sweeney Defends 'Christy'
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Sydney Sweeney provided a closer look at the fast food diet she adopted while trying to gain 30 pounds to portray boxer Christy Martin in her new movie, "Christy."
Christy takes audiences through a pivotal stretch of Christy Martin’s life and career, during which she lived closeted and in an abusive marriage. Ben Foster co-stars as her coach and husband Jim Martin. Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle lauds Sydney Sweeney for giving “the knockout performance of her career,” writing:
In the biopic "Christy," boxer Christy Martin returns to the ring after her husband tried to kill her. Here's how the fight played out in real life.
The real Christy Martin had one request of the filmmakers and writers: "Please don't Hollywoodize my life." They didn't.