After becoming the controversial face of American Eagle , Sydney Sweeney hopes a trip north of the border will take some heat off her.

The 2x Emmy nominee, whose boxing biopic Christy premieres Friday at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival , recently shut down a question about her denim ad as she prepares to promote the film about pro boxer Christy Martin.

“I am there to support my movie and the people involved in making it, and I’m not there to talk about jeans,” Sweeney told Vanity Fair . “The movie’s about Christy , and that’s what I’ll be there to talk about.”

Directed by David Michôd, Christy is about the boxer who never imagined life beyond her small-town roots in West Virginia—until she discovered a knack for knocking people out. Fueled by grit, raw det

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