Sydney Sweeney won’t let the backlash from her American Eagle ad overshadow her latest work.

The 27-year-old actress shut down questions surrounding the brand’s “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans” campaign , instead keeping the focus on her upcoming biopic, “Christy,” which will make its world debut at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this weekend. 11

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Speaking to Vanity Fair about the film, in which she plays boxing champion Christy Martin , Sweeney made it clear she will not be addressing the clothing brand controversy when she shows up at TIFF.

“I am there to support my movie and the people involved in making it, and I’m not there to talk about jeans,” she told the outlet in a preview published Thursday, Sept. 4.

“The movie’s about Christy, and that’s wh

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