Sydney Sweeney gained 30 pounds for boxer Christy…
Sydney Sweeney earned her spot in the ring.
The actress, 27, opened up about her dramatic transformation to play skilled boxer Christy Martin for the upcoming biopic being directed by David Michôd.
“I came onboard to play Christy, and I had about three and a half months of training,” Sweeney mentioned in a new W Magazine cowl story, which famous that she gained over 30 pounds for the position.
Sydney Sweeney on the duvet of W Magazine. Carlijn Jacobs/ W Magazine
Sydney Sweeney for W Magazine. Carlijn Jacobs/ W Magazine
“I started eating,” she continued. “I weight-trained in the morning for an hour, kickboxed midday for about two hours, and then weight-trained again at night for an hour.”
Sweeney shared that her “body was completely different” as a end result.
“I didn’t fit in any of my clothes. I’m usually a size 23 in jeans, and I was wearing a size 27,” she mentioned. “My boobs got bigger. And my butt got huge. It was crazy! I was like, Oh my god.”
Christy Martin poses for a portrait in March 1996. The Ring Magazine via Getty Images
Sydney Sweeney for W Magazine. Carlijn Jacobs/ W Magazine
Despite the drastic bodily adjustments, Sweeney beloved her new physique.
“It was amazing: I was so strong, like crazy strong,” she famous.
Sydney Sweeney understanding to play Christy Martin. sydney_sweeney/Instagram
Sydney Sweeney exhibits off her muscle mass. sydney_sweeney/Instagram
Sydney Sweeney during coaching for the Christy Martin film. sydney_sweeney/Instagram
In October, Sweeney appeared unrecognizable as the WBC tremendous welterweight champ on the movie’s set in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The “White Lotus” star rocked a short and curly brunette wig and wore a dishevelled zip-up, sweats and T-shirt.
Sweeney, per her W Magazine story, had to drop the weight she gained in just seven weeks before she began taking pictures Season 3 of “Euphoria.”
Christy Martin, Sydney Sweeney at the Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York on June 8. Getty Images
“I hadn’t ever seen her in ‘Euphoria,’” Michôd, 52, instructed the outlet. “I FaceTimed with her the other day when Sydney was in the makeup truck for the show, and I was stunned by the change in her appearance.”
“I had only seen her as an adorable, tough moppet with late-’80s hair, ready to box,” the director continued. “Sydney was happiest when she was in the ring punching and being punched. It was shocking to see her being so glamorous.”
Sydney Sweeney in an Instagram photograph. amberasaly/Instagram
The biopic, written by Michôd and Mirrah Foulkes, will chronicle Martin’s rise to fame in the boxing world. The forged also contains Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, Ethan Embry and Katy O’Brian.
Known as “The Coal Miner’s Daughter” because of her father’s job, Martin made her boxing debut in 1989. She is credited for making girls’s boxing mainstream after taking on Deirdre Gogarty in entrance of cameras and a sold-out crowd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in March 1996.
Christy Martin after defeating Marcela Acuña in their Welterweight battle in 1997. Getty Images
She grew to become the first feminine boxer to grace the entrance of Sports Illustrated in April 1996.
Christy Martin after successful the WBC Championship Boxing Lightweight title in March 1996. Getty Images
Sydney Sweeney, Christy Martin go to the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Getty Images
But Martin’s life took a flip in (*30*) 2010, when her manager-turned-husband James, 66, stabbed her a number of occasions and shot her in the chest, leaving her for lifeless on the ground of her bed room in Apopka, Florida. The then-42-year-old athlete survived the assault, and James was arrested days later and charged with tried first-degree homicide and aggravated battery with a lethal weapon.
Martin — who later got here out as homosexual and married Lisa Holewyne in 2017 — was thrilled about Sweeney’s casting in the movie about her life.
Christy Martin, Sydney Sweeney during the Parade of Champions on June 8. Getty Images
“I think she is young, hot, talented and about to make a movie that in 20+ years, fathers will watch with their daughters to make them aware of domestic violence,” the athlete instructed Gossip Wire News final 12 months.
Sweeney, for her half, instructed Deadline in May 2024 that she was impressed by Martin’s story and was excited to “train and transform my body” for the position.
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