BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- It is very easy to dismiss any feature film project where the biggest story before the opening is how much the actor went through to transform themselves into being able to play the character. The evaluation of art is not what tools are used to create the work but what those tools help produce.

That’s why the announcement that Sydney Sweeney was going to downplay her looks to take on the role of female boxer Christy Martin was met with skepticism. This would mean transforming a woman who turns heads on red carpets into a boxer who described herself as “trailer trash.”

Sweeney’s efforts unfold in the film “Christy” that is scheduled to open in theaters on Friday. With all elements of glamour stripped away, Sweeney plays the woman who went from her small-town

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