As movie lovers everywhere know, if you’re an actor hoping to get your hands on an Academy Award, transforming yourself for a role will usually increase your chances. Think Charlize Theron in Monster , Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club , Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye or Brendan Fraser in The Whale , to name just a few.

Making pretty people look uglier isn’t a surefire route to Oscar glory, of course (lest we forget Mikey Madison’s win for Anora last year), but it sure seems to help. Sydney Sweeney’s willingness to gain 30 pounds and chew on a mouth guard for her role as boxing champ Christy Martin, then, automatically throws her into Oscar-contender territory.

But it’s not just Sweeney’s transformation that has Christy readymade for awards season. As a su

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