Sydney Sweeney Offers Inside Look at How ‘Completely Different’ Her Body Looked While Filming Upcoming Christy Martin Biopic

Sydney Sweeney is opening up astir her awesome translator to represent Christy Martin.

The actress, 27, revealed her starring domiciled arsenic nan pioneering boxer successful October 2024, sharing photos of her melodramatic translator into Martin connected societal media. Now, successful an question and reply pinch W Magazine published June 9, Sweeney is shedding ray connected nan process down her bold caller look.

Sweeney gained complete 30 pounds to reflector Martin's toned figure, she told nan outlet.

“I loved it. I came onboard to play Christy, and I had astir 3 and a half months of training," she said. "I started eating. I weight-trained successful nan greeting for an hour, kickboxed midday for astir 2 hours, and past weight-trained again astatine nighttime for an hour.”

She started seeing changes soon after. She couldn't fresh successful galore of her clothes, went from a size 23 to size 27 successful jeans, and saw a "crazy" summation successful nan size of her bust and butt, she said.

“My assemblage was wholly different," she said, adding, "But it was amazing: I was truthful strong, for illustration crazy strong.”

Sweeney "trained her butt disconnected to play nan part" successful nan biopic, said head and co-writer David Michôd, and she was excited each time to get into character.

Just 7 weeks aft filming for nan biopic had concluded, Sweeney was connected group for different task — the highly anticipated 3rd play of Euphoria, where she plays Cassie. When Michôd FaceTimed her connected nan show's set, he noted her translator from Martin's physique was conscionable arsenic drastic arsenic nan original change.

"I was stunned by nan alteration successful her appearance. I had only seen her arsenic an adorable, reliable moppet pinch late-’80s hair, fresh to box," he told W Magazine. "Sydney was happiest erstwhile she was successful nan ringing punching and being punched. It was shocking to spot her being truthful glamorous.”

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The rigorous beingness demands of nan domiciled weren't wholly caller to her. Sweeney's mother encouraged her to "fall successful emotion pinch arsenic galore things arsenic possible" arsenic a child, truthful nan character sought retired sports and outdoor activities, for illustration skiing, wakeboarding, shot and softball. She moreover dabbled successful grappling (like wrestling, she told W) and kickboxing.

Sweeney ne'er fto her acting profession guidelines successful nan measurement of her emotion for adventurous activities, she said.

"I would person bruises each complete me," she said. "I loved it! My mom ever wanted to make judge that acting wasn’t nan only point successful my life.”