Summary<\/p>\n
A trailer for the sports biopic Christy has been released, starring Sydney Sweeney as boxer Christy Martin
\nThe film chronicles Martin\u2019s career and personal struggles with her abusive husband and sexuality
\nDirected by David Mich\u00f4d, the movie hits theaters on November 7<\/p>\n
Sydney Sweeney<\/a> is an unstoppable force as Christy Martin in the official trailer for Christy<\/a>.<\/p>\n The upcoming sports biopic, helmed by David Mich\u00f4d, chronicles the life and career of the female boxing pioneer. The trailer begins with the West Virginia native first meeting with boxing promoter Don King (Chad L. Coleman), where she\u2019s joined by her then-coach and future husband Jim Martin (Ben Foster) who\u2019s 25 years her senior. Dressed in all pink, Christy emerges victorious in each bout, until she seemingly takes a loss.\n<\/p>\n During a tumultuous time in her personal life, where Christy deals with her abusive husband and sexuality, she contemplates the decision of moving back to West Virginia and losing her career. She also confides in her mother about the abuse, only to be gaslit. \u201cBased on remarkable true events, Christy Martin\u2019s story is one of resilience, courage, and the fight to reclaim one\u2019s life,\u201d the synopsis reads.\n<\/p>\n To play the role of the hall of famer, Sweeney underwent a physical transformation and spent months training, building muscle and gaining 30 pounds.\n<\/p>\n Watch the trailer above. Christy hits theaters November 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary A trailer for the sports biopic Christy has been released, starring Sydney Sweeney as boxer Christy Martin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,206],"class_list":["post-153582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}