The Batwoman alum, who said she was originally attached to play real-life boxer Christy Martin in the biopic, reacted to the movie’s $1.3M opening after Sweeney has come under fire in recent months for her controversial American Eagle ad, which was accused of promoting eugenics.
“The original Christy Martin script was incredible. Life changing. I was attached to play Cherry,” she wrote on Threads, referring to Martin’s nickname. “Everyone had experience with the core material. Most of us were actually gay. It’s part of why I stayed in acting. Losing roles happens all the time.”
Rose continued, “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.
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