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Sydney Sweeney<\/strong> is not letting one rough weekend at the box office keep her down or dictate her career. Sweeney<\/a>\u2019s new movie, \u201cChristy,\u201d where she plays boxing legend Christy Martin, opened quietly, pulling in just over a million dollars in North America. Still, the 28-year-old actor took to Instagram to say that the film means far more to her than numbers ever could.<\/p>\n On Instagram<\/a>, Sydney Sweeney was firm about \u201cChristy\u201d being the \u201cmost impactful project\u201d of her career. She told her followers, \u201cwe don\u2019t always just make art for numbers, we make it for impact,\u201d explaining she is \u201cdeeply proud\u201d of the story and the message behind it. The movie, directed by David Mich\u00f4d, follows Martin\u2019s rise from small-town fighter to champion while also showing her painful and dangerous relationship with her husband and trainer, Jim Martin.<\/p>\n Sweeney threw herself into the role, quite literally. She trained like a real boxer, gained muscle, and even took real hits during filming. Speaking with The Guardian<\/a>, she admitted, \u201cEvery fight that you see, we\u2019re hitting each other,\u201d adding, \u201cI had concussions, there were some bloody noses.\u201d Her co-star Ben Foster, who plays Jim, praised her toughness and commitment, saying it was clear early on \u201cshe wanted this really, really bad.\u201d<\/p>\n While critics are not on the same page about the film\u2019s pacing, most agree that Sweeney delivered one of her strongest performances yet, with film critic Owen Gleiberman calling it a \u201cwrenching and powerful portrait of abuse\u201d and survival in a Variety<\/a> review. For Sweeney, that\u2019s what matters most. She wrote in the Instagram caption, \u201cif Christy gave even one woman the courage to take her first step toward safety, then we will have succeeded.\u201d<\/p>\n The weak box office might seem like a blow to her career, but Sydney Sweeney<\/a>\u2019s focus remains on what brought her to the project in the first place \u2014 a true story about fighting back. She wrote, \u201cI\u2019m proud to represent someone as strong and resilient as Christy Martin,\u201d emphasizing, \u201cwe don\u2019t always just make art for numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Sydney Sweeney Defends Tough Blow of Her Career<\/a> appeared first on Reality Tea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sydney Sweeney is not letting one rough weekend at the box office keep her down or dictate her career. Sweeney\u2019s new movie, \u201cChristy,\u201d where she plays boxing legend Christy Martin, opened quietly, pulling in just over a million dollars in North America. 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