Sapphic icon Katy O’Brian responds to Sydney Sweeney playing queer boxer in new biopic

Love Lies Bleeding star Katy O’Brian has weighed in on Sydney Sweeney playing legendary queer boxer Christy Martin in an upcoming biopic.

The currently untitled film will chronicle Martin’s rise to fame as America’s best-known female boxer – who legitimised women’s participation in the sport – as well as for her husband’s attempt on her life in 2010.

O’Brian will play Martin’s boxing-rival-turned-wife Lisa Holewyne, and Ben Foster will portray James Martin – who was found guilty of attempted second-degree murder and jailed for 25 years.

On Thursday (17 October), Sweeney posted the first images of herself on set showing her sporting Martin’s dark, shoulder-length wavy hair, and wearing a 90s-style red t-shirt and grey jogging bottoms. In the first, she is looking at the camera as she stands between

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