Sydney Sweeney Wants to Surprise Her Project Choices
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Sydney Sweeney’s “Christy” and Her Pursuit of Diverse Roles
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The Story of “Christy”
Sydney Sweeney’s résumé in the last few years has spanned rom-com, horror, action, thriller and now sports drama – and that’s exactly how she likes it.
At Hollywood’s AFI Fest on Saturday,the star debuted Christy, which tells the story of Christy Martin – the most successful female boxer of the ’90s who was also dealing with a tumultuous personal life behind the scenes.
“Christy’s story is just absolutely phenomenal and even if I wasn’t going to act in it, I wanted to be a part of it in some capacity to bring it to the screen, for more people to know about her and raise awareness for her story and how amazing of an advocate and role model that she is,” Sweeney told The Hollywood Reporter as she both stars in and produced the film.”but also as an actor, it’s just a dream to be able to play all these different characters. That’s why I fell in love with this, getting to put on all these different hats and shoes and lose myself and become other people.”
Preparing to Step into the Ring
To become Martin, she put in months of training and dedicated herself to understanding the nuances of boxing. This commitment extended beyond the physical,as Sweeney also
