The true-life topic of Sydney Sweeney’s new film is talking out on the “Euphoria” actor’s behalf following criticism of her efficiency.
On Wednesday, former skilled boxer Christy Martin shared a picture of her and Sweeney on the set of “Christy,” which hit theaters final week.
“I’ve always been a fighter. My life reflected that in every way and now I fight for others,” Martin wrote within the caption. “The past few days I have seen some people attack my friend Sydney Sweeney. Syd not only worked her ass off for this film, she worked her ass off for me. For my story. For so many others suffering in silence.”
She went on to notice: “So I want to be clear about who Syd is. She is my friend and ally!”
Martin’s submit got here a day after actor Ruby Rose, greatest recognized for Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black,” blasted Sweeney’s portrayal of Martin in “Christy” whereas acknowledging she’d as soon as been hooked up to the biopic herself.
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“Everyone had experience with the core material. Most of us were actually gay. It’s part of why I stayed in acting,” Rose wrote on Threads. “For her PR to talk about it flopping and saying SS did it for the ‘people.’ None of ‘the people’ want to see someone who hates them, parading around pretending to be us.”
Addressing Sweeney immediately, she continued: “You’re a cretin and you ruined the film. Period. Christy deserved better.”
Directed by David Michôd, “Christy” particulars Martin’s astonishing rise on the earth of Nineties ladies’s boxing. The movie doesn’t shrink back from the queer athlete’s sexuality in addition to her experiences with habit and home violence, most notably in her marriage to husband and coach Jim Martin, performed by Ben Foster.
Although “Christy” garnered principally constructive evaluations following its premiere on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant in September, the film raked in simply $1.3 million on the U.S. field workplace in its opening weekend. Many retailers urged the movie’s lackluster efficiency was the results of lingering backlash to Sweeney’s controversial American Eagle advert marketing campaign, unveiled in July, in addition to her reported political beliefs.
Sweeney, nevertheless, has brushed apart the criticism and insisted she’s “deeply proud” of her efficiency in “Christy.”
“we all signed on to this film with the belief that christy’s story could save lives,” she wrote on Instagram Monday. “thank you to everyone who saw, felt, and believed and will believe in this story for years to come. if christy gave even one woman the courage to take her first step toward safety, then we will have succeeded.”
