Sydney Sweeney underwent a grueling transformation for the boxing biopic “Christy,” gaining 30 kilos via intense coaching to painting Christy Martin.

The actress has now revealed that shedding all that weight to return as Cassie Howard on “Euphoria” was bodily and mentally demanding on her.

“Christy” debuted at simply $1.3 million, however Sydney Sweeney emphasised its influence, highlighting its message of survival, braveness, and elevating consciousness for home violence.

Sweeney has opened up concerning the intense bodily and psychological challenges of reworking her physique for the upcoming boxing biopic “Christy” whereas shortly returning to her position on HBO’s “Euphoria.”

She portrays Christy Martin, one in every of America’s most famous feminine boxers of the Nineteen Nineties, whose profession was later overshadowed by her husband’s tried homicide in 2010.

To embody Christy, Sweeney undertook a grueling three-month coaching program, understanding thrice a day and gaining 30 kilos to achieve the boxer’s preventing weight of 135 to 137 kilos.

Her preparation included some uncommon snacks, such because the frozen jam sandwiches often called Uncrustables.

Co-star Ben Foster, who performs Christy’s promoter husband Jim, additionally gained weight for the position, resulting in a humorous second the place Sweeney mistook his pure double chin for a prosthetic.

“I believe it was the second week when Syd got here up and simply began touching my double chin… She was like: ‘That prosthetic appears actually good.’ And I mentioned: ‘That is not a prosthetic,'” Foster recalled, per the Day by day Mail.

Nevertheless, simply weeks after finishing this transformation, Sweeney needed to shed the kilos in solely seven weeks to renew filming “Euphoria,” returning to her position as Cassie Howard.

Talking to The Guardian, the Emmy-nominated actress described the method as each mentally and bodily draining.

“It was undoubtedly a psychological problem and virtually a bodily withdrawal from having the ability to work out a lot, which was sort of like a bizarre serotonin drop,” she mentioned. “I needed to cease every part and drop all the burden,’ including she had felt ‘the strongest, full-of-life model of myself.”

Regardless of the pressure, Sweeney mentioned she cherished present process the transformation for the biopic.

In an interview with Deadline, she defined, “I really felt Christy’s energy as I remodeled. I actually loved having the ability to prepare and work with unbelievable boxing coaches, weight trainers, and nutritionists who helped me get to the place that I used to be for Christy.”

Sweeney additionally revealed that her intense food plan included “plenty of Chick-fil-A, milkshakes, Smucker’s, and protein shakes.”

Sweeney’s dedication to her position as the enduring boxer has already earned reward from Christy Martin herself.

Talking to the Day by day Mail forward of the 2025 Worldwide Boxing Corridor of Fame Parade in Canastota, New York, Martin described the actress as a “perfectionist” who took each the boxing and home violence features of the position very severely.

“She was actually critical about her boxing,” Martin mentioned. “And with depicting the home violence, she needed to verify every part was proper.”

The actress additionally turned heads on the BFI London Movie Competition premiere final month, as she dazzled in a pink Alexander McQueen robe that includes a fragile lace neckline, sequins, ruffles, and a flowing prepare.

“Christy” is about to premiere within the UK on November 28 and at the moment holds a 72% score on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics and followers already buzzing about Sweeney’s transformative, probably Oscar-worthy efficiency.

Regardless of the vital acclaim, “Christy” skilled a disappointing field workplace debut.

The R-rated biopic opened to simply $1.3 million over the weekend, marking one of many weakest U.S. openings for a movie launched in over 2,000 theaters.