Sydney Sweeney underwent major body transformation while playing lesbian boxer Christy Martin
Sydney Sweeney is set to play lesbian boxer Christy Martin in a new biopic. (Getty)
Sydney Sweeney is set to play lesbian boxer Christy Martin in a new biopic. (Getty)
Euphoria‘s Sydney Sweeney has detailed the “amazing” transformation she went though in order to play lesbian boxer Christy Martin.
Sweeney, 27, will play the boxer in a still untitled picture documenting Martin’s rise to fame. The film is also set to cover Martin being the first breakout in US female boxing and her abusive ex-husband.
In an interview with W Magazine, Sweeney, who according to her director David Michôd gained more than 30 pounds for the role, said she “loved” the training involved.
“I came onboard to play Christy, and I had about three and a half months of training,” she said. “I started eating, I weight-trained in the morning for an hour, kick-boxed midday for about two hours and then weight-trained again at night for an hour”.
On top of that the Anyone But You actress said her body became “completely different”. She added: “I didn’t fit in any of my clothes. I’m 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! I was like, ‘Oh my god.’ But it was amazing: I was so strong, like crazy strong”.
In October, Sweeney shared images of herself on set as Martin. She can be seen in loose gym clothes and a brown mullet-style wig.
At the time she wrote, “Over the past few months, i’ve been immersed in training to bring to life the story of an incredible woman – a true champion who fought battles both inside and outside the ring.
In her career, Martin became one of the (if not the) most successful female boxers in the United States and is credited with putting the women’s sport on the map.
Known as ‘The Coal Miner’s Daughter in reference to her father, Martin competed professionally from 1989 to 2011. Of 59 matches she won 49.
