"Christy" Unveils Trailer

Black Bear has released the official trailer for “Christy,” a sports biopic starring Sydney Sweeney as the International Boxing Hall of Fame icon Christy Martin.

Other cast members include Katy O’Brian, Merritt Wever, Ben Foster, Ethan Embry, Chad L. Coleman, Valyn Hall and Tony Cavalero. 

David Michôd directed and co-wrote the film with Mirrah Foulkes from a story by Katherine Fugate.

During the Toronto International Film Festival, where “Christy” held its world premiere, Sweeney said that she packed on 30 pounds to embody the role of the world-class fighter.

“I had a nutritionist work with me as well as a weight trainer and a boxing trainer,” she explained, “We upped my calorie intake and I started taking a lot of protein shakes and supplements and eating everything. I ate a lot of Smuckers, a lot of PB and J sandwiches, milkshakes, kind of just constantly always eating because we were so active. I was constantly burning it all off at the same time. So keeping it all up was quite a challenge.”

Executive producers include Foulkes, John Friedberg, Andrew Golov, Michael Heimler, Harrison Huffman, David Levine, Clementine Quittner, Ryan Schwartz, Nick Shumaker and Brad Zimmerman. 

Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, Justin Lothrop, Teddy Schwarzman, Brent Stiefel, Sweeney and Michôd serve as producers.

“Christy” comes to theaters November 7. Check out the trailer below.