Sydney Sweeney pulled no punches for the upcoming Christy Martin biopic, and I mean that literally. The Euphoria star put her all into playing the female boxing legend and trained extremely hard to reach the level of physicality needed for such a role. The actress was also determined to get the boxing scenes right, as she revealed that she and the filmmaking team had an interesting approach to some of the boxing scenes, and I love hearing this!
While speaking with Vanity Fair, Sweeney opened up about what went into playing a boxing icon. The Anyone but You star not only plays the titular role in David Michôd's Christy but also acts as a producer on the film. So Sweeney had a lot of input on how the movie was made, and how the crew approached certain scenes. Sweeney revealed that in order to make the boxing scenes as grounded and real as possible, it was imperative to her that there was actual boxing in the film, something she trained hard for. Sweeney explained:
