"Sydney Sweeney has emerged as one of the rare mainstream stars to stand out in our fractured media environment, and the 27-year-old is taking her first big swing at Oscar season in the new trailer for The movie arrives in theaters November 7th. Sweeney plays Christy Martin, the "Coal Miner's Daughter," who signed with infamous boxing promoter Don King in the 1990s and played a key role in growing the sport for women. Sweeney underwent months of training and put on 30 pounds of muscle for the role."
"Christy is directed by David Michôd, and features Ben Foster as Martin's much older trainer and then husband, who tried to kill Martin in 2010. The movie also boasts The Wire and The Walking Dead regular Chad Coleman as Don King, triple Emmy winner Merritt Wever, and Love Lies Bleeding 's Katy O'Brian as a boxing rival who might be based on Laila Ali. The trailer leans into Sweeney's physicality and the drama of Martin's life, with Foster oozing menace and Sweeney experiencing pretty much every single human emotion in the span of two-and-a-half minutes."
Sydney Sweeney stars as Christy Martin, a pioneering female boxer who signed with Don King in the 1990s and helped grow women's boxing. Sweeney trained for months and gained 30 pounds of muscle to portray Martin. The film is directed by David Michôd and co-stars Ben Foster as Martin's older trainer and later husband, Chad Coleman as Don King, Merritt Wever, and Katy O'Brian as a rival possibly based on Laila Ali. The trailer emphasizes Sweeney's physicality and broad emotional range and highlights episodes of menace and violence from Martin's life. The film opens November 7. Sweeney's American Eagle ad lifted the company's stock and she is reportedly dating Scooter Braun.
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