The model and actress Ella Halikas, 28, said he believes the film’s failure “Christy” at the box office is due to the fact that Sydney Sweeney, 28, and protagonist of the film, did not appear in scene with the same “sexy” appeal that marked other roles of your career.
Ella plays a former professional boxer in the new biographical sports drama, and stated that part of the public did not connect with the production because her co-star is more “restrained”.
In an interview with TMZ, the Sports Illustrated model stated: “All I’m going to say is that I think She built an image for herselfand people know her, in a lot of her roles, for showing skin, showing her breasts, feeling sexy and beautiful.” “And I feel like when you’re more covered up and not in that kind of workthe public is like, ‘We don’t know how to deal with this,'” he continued.
For Ella, many viewers associate. “If they don’t see that and it’s a , I feel like maybe you keep this audience away that way.”
Recently, Sydney stated have identified with the story of the athlete, who fought professionally between 1989 and 2011 and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2020. “I’m not a fighter in the ring, but I know what it’s like to be underestimated, to have people define who you are before you have the chance to define yourself. I know what it’s like to need to prove that you deserve to be here, to be seen, to be taken seriously,” she declared during an event organized by Variety.
The “Euphoria” star explained that the boxer’s story goes beyond overcoming sports and is also about self-discovery. “Each of us has our own struggle, and Christy reminds us that strength isn’t always loud; sometimes it’s just about keeping getting up, again and again, no matter who’s watching.”
