Hollywood megastar Sydney Sweeney is excited for her starring role in the biopic Christy, about iconic lesbian boxer Christy Martin. However, social media users and LGBTQ+ hardliners are ripping the film for casting Sweeney, who is not a lesbian, in the starring role.

The film follows the life of boxer Christy Martin from her days as a closeted gay girl in West Virginia, who came out in high school and then went on to win the WBC female super welterweight title in 2009.

Sydney Sweeney has been cast to portray Martin in an upcoming biopic set for a November 7 opening.

Sweeney is almost unrecognizable in the role as she gained 30 pounds and underwent boxing training to better portray the fighter. She also cropped her famously long mane of blond hair and dyed in dark for the role.

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