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Ruby Rose has entered the ring to take a swing at Sydney Sweeney \u2014 blaming the actor, now known for her choice in jeans<\/a>, for “Christy’s” disastrous debut.<\/p>\n “The original Christy Martin script was incredible. Life changing,” the former “Batwoman”<\/a> star wrote<\/a> in a Monday post on Threads. “I was attached to play Cherry. Everyone had experience with the core material. Most of us were actually gay. It\u2019s part of why I stayed in acting.”<\/p>\n “Christy<\/a>” stars Sweeney<\/a> as Christy Martin<\/a>, the groundbreaking boxer who raised the profile of her sport during her Hall of Fame career. The movie follows Martin as a closeted lesbian boxer trying to navigate her professional ascent, an abusive marriage to her toxic coach and her identity. It made just $1.3 million at the domestic box office during its opening weekend.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/b> Sydney Sweeney swings big in ‘Christy,’ but the movie undercuts her commitment<\/a><\/p>\n In her Threads post, Rose mentions “losing roles happens all the time” in Hollywood, but doesn’t hold back from expressing her disapproval that Sweeney is the one portraying Martin.<\/p>\n “Christy deserved better,” Rose said. “None of \u2018the people\u2019 want to see someone who hates them, parading around pretending to be us. You\u2019re a cretin and you ruined the film. Period.”<\/p>\n Her comments appear to be in response to Sweeney’s Monday Instagram post<\/a> in which she shared how “deeply proud” she was of “Christy” despite it flopping at the box office.<\/p>\n “[W]e don\u2019t always just make art for numbers, we make it for impact,” Sweeney wrote in the caption accompanying a gallery led by an image of her bloodied but smiling. “[A]nd christy has been the most impactful project of my life. thank you christy. i love you.”<\/p>\n Read more:<\/b> Commentary: Sydney Sweeney\u2019s jeans pun is not a \u2018Nazi dog whistle,\u2019 but that DHS campaign? It might be<\/a><\/p>\n Attitudes regarding the “Euphoria” actor have been increasingly divided since her part in a controversial American Eagle ad campaign<\/a> around her “good jeans.” Since then, it has been reported<\/a> that Sweeney registered to vote as a Republican in Florida shortly before the 2024 presidential election and prominent right-wing figures<\/a> including President Trump and Vice President JD Vance have voiced their support for the actor.<\/p>\n Sweeney, for her part, has avoided discussing her political beliefs. In the lead-up to “Christy’s” release, she told LGBTQ+ news site PinkNews<\/a> that she was “excited” for the queer community to see the movie because “she is an unbelievable advocate for the community and I believe this is a beautiful story to tell.”<\/p>\n Sign up for Indie Focus, a weekly newsletter about movies and what\u2019s going on in the wild world of cinema.<\/a><\/p>\n This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n