Sydney Sweeney spent half her life hiding, but is ready to get it all back in new film Christy. Watch trailer

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Sydney Sweeney has talked about the kind of transformation it took for her to prepare for this role, but actor Ben Foster also seems to have gone through an incredibly testing process in order to play the role of Christy’s husband/manager, James Martin. The blonde hairdo, the weight gain, and the way he moves in the trailer all give the viewers enough information about him as a character even before he starts showing his true colours. What seems like a run-of-the-mill comeback story quickly turns south when one realises that Christy had to deal with a violent domestic life too. As she gets knocked down from the top spot, she starts feeling used and alone in her home, and her entire family seems at fault.

The trailer promises a gripping narrative; it just remains to be seen whether Sydney has what it takes to play a character with so many layers. The show Euphoria proved that the actor can be more than just eye candy, yet the story and her character’s priorities still revolve around her looks. This time around Sydney will have to completely let go of the image she has created for herself and mould herself into the trailblazing boxer. During the screening of the film at the Toronto International Film Festival, reviews for it were mostly positive.

Kate Erbland of IndieWire wrote that Sydney Sweeney “disappears into the role, not just changing her hair colour, eye colour, accent, and way of moving, but her general air, her overall mien, and the space she takes up in a room.” While John Oleksinski of the New York Post called her performance a “knockout” and a “major step to showing there’s much more to her than rom-com.”

The cast of the film also includes Ethan Embry, Chad L. Coleman, Katy O’Brian, Merritt Wever, and Valyn Hall. It will come to theatres in November.