By Nivedita Balu

TORONTO (Reuters) -Hollywood star Sydney Sweeney said she fulfilled a dream playing the role of American professional boxer Christy Martin in “Christy.”

The film debuted on Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival, where Sweeney and Martin walked the red carpet hand in hand.

“(It was) a dream. I was fulfilling everything inside me. I loved it,” Sweeney said.

“She put the time in and her boxing moves are just like mine,” Martin said, standing beside Sweeney with her dog in her arms.

Sweeney transformed into a boxer for the film, gaining 30 pounds to portray one of the most successful female fighters of the 1990s.

The film captures Martin’s rise as a boxing star in the 1980s and her marriage to coach Jim Martin, played by Ben Foster, which resulted in physical

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