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Sydney Sweeney looks unrecognisable in new photos on the set of \u2018Christy\u2019. (Getty)<\/p>\n
Sydney Sweeney looks completely unrecognisable in newly released photos for the upcoming biopic on lesbian boxing legend Christy Martin.<\/p>\n
Christy will follow the life of the former WBC super welterweight champion, known as the Coal Miner\u2019s Daughter. <\/p>\n
The new images, shared by the Toronto International Film Festival, show the Euphoria star with short, dark, shaggy hair, wearing boxing gear.<\/p>\n
Revealing the hard work she had to endure to match the boxer\u2019s physique<\/a>, Sweeney said it took \u201cthree-and-a-half months of training\u201d to gain more than 30lbs for the role. Martin\u2019s career stretched from 1989 until 2012 and she was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2020 \u2013 the first year women were allowed in.<\/p>\n @pinknews<\/a> <\/p>\n A first official look at Sydney Sweeney depicting lesbian boxing champion Christy Martin in the forthcoming biopic \u2018Christy\u2019 has been released. Toronto International Film Festival has released a striking image of the \u2018Euphoria\u2019 star in the ring, after Sweeney ditched her signature blonde hair and undertook intense training to transform her body for the role. The \u2018first look\u2019 photo follows Sweeney\u2019s recent claims she \u201cloved every part\u201d of depicting the queer athlete. #sydneysweeney<\/a> #christymartin<\/a> #boxing<\/a> #lesbiansoftiktok<\/a> #filmtok<\/a> #lgbtqia<\/a><\/p>\n \u266c Illegal \u2013 PinkPantheress<\/a> <\/p>\n \u201cI started eating. I weight-trained in the morning for an hour, kick-boxed [at] midday for about two hours then weight-trained again at night for an hour,\u201d Sweeney said.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t fit in any of my clothes. I\u2019m usually a size 23 in jeans and I was wearing a size 27. My boobs got bigger and my butt got huge. It was crazy. It was amazing. I was so strong, crazy strong.\u201d<\/p>\n She has previously called Martin an \u201cincredible woman\u201d and a \u201ctrue champion who fought battles both inside and outside the ring,\u201d and said she \u201cloved every part<\/a>\u201d of playing her.<\/p>\n Martin is considered one of the most successful women boxers in US history and is credited with putting the women\u2019s sport on the map. She won 49 of her 59 bouts, 31 by a knock-out, and was promoted by the legendary Don King, whose other clients included Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and George Foreman.<\/p>\n Christy, which also stars Love Lies Bleeding\u2019s Katy O\u2019Brian, is set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.<\/p>\n Share your thoughts!\u00a0Let us know in the comments below, and remember to keep the conversation respectful.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n How did this story make you feel?<\/p>\n \n \ud83d\udd25 \n \u2764\ufe0f \n \ud83d\ude0a \n \ud83d\ude10 \n \ud83d\ude21 \n \ud83d\ude22 \n Sending reaction…\n <\/p>\n \n Thanks for your feedback!\n <\/p>\n
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