Sydney Sweeney was dedicated to embodying pioneering female boxer Christy Martin for an upcoming biopic.
The actor shared that she gained more than 30 pounds and spent months training for the role, telling W Magazine, “My body was completely different.”
“I loved it,” she said. “I came onboard to play Christy, and I had about three and a half months of training. I started eating. I weight-trained in the morning for an hour, kickboxed midday for about two hours, and then weight-trained again at night for an hour.”
Amid her intense workout routine and weight gain, Sweeney shared that she went up four sizes and “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,” she reportedly laughed. “But it was amazing: I was so strong, like crazy strong.”
To also become Martin, the “Anyone But You” star also had to wear brown contact lenses and a brown wig that was styled as a mullet.