Sydney Sweeney got ‘a few concussions’ filming boxer Christy Martin’s biopic
Sydney Sweeney took real blows for film about trailblazing boxer
- Sydney Sweeney sustained "a few concussions" while filming the Christy Martin biopic, producer Kerry Kohansky-Roberts has revealed.
- The revelation was made at the BFI London Film Festival premiere of the film at the Royal Festival Hall.
- Kohansky-Roberts said that Sweeney, along with other cast and stunt artists, endured real physical blows during fight scenes.
- Sweeney portrays Martin, a trailblazing figure in women’s boxing from the 1990s, in Christy.
- The biopic, scheduled for release on 7 November, represents one of Sweeney’s most physically demanding roles to date.