SAC.DRAMA ERUPTS: Ruby Rose BLASTS Sydney Sweeney — “That CRETIN Stole My Role in Christy!” 💥
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Tue 11 November 2025 18:00, UK
Australian actor Ruby Rose has claimed she was originally set to star in Christy instead of Sydney Sweeney, who she called a “cretin” and said had “ruined the film”.
The new movie, a biopic on female boxing trailblazer Christy Martin, stars Sweeney as Martin and follows her as she tries to make a name for herself in the cut-throat world of boxing after leaving her small West Virginia town behind. Martin faced many difficulties along the way, including her abusive husband.
The film has arrived in theatres in the US already and is set to be shown in cinemas across the UK and Ireland from November 28th.
Taking to Threads, the Orange is the New Black star revealed on November 11th that she was set to play the boxing icon in the David Michôd picture, although she did seemingly misspell her name as “Cherry”.
Rose, who, like Martin, is part of the LGBTQ community, began, “The original Christy Martin script was incredible. Life changing. I was attached to play Cherry. Everyone had experience with the core material. Most of us were actually gay. It’s part of why I stayed in acting. Losing roles happens all the time.”
Her scathing attack continued, “For her PR to talk about it flopping and saying SS did it for the ‘people’. None of ‘the people’ want to see someone who hates them, parading around pretending to be us. You’re a cretin and you ruined the film. Period. Christy deserved better.”
The second half of her Threads post appears to be in response to remarks made by Sweeney following Christy’s lacklustre box office performance during its opening weekend after arriving in US cinemas on November 7th. Despite being screened in over 2,000 theatres, it only took home $1.3 million.
Sweeney shared on Instagram that she was “so deeply proud of this movie”, before explaining, “This film stands for survival, courage, and hope. Through our campaigns, we’ve helped raise awareness for so many affected by domestic violence. We all signed on to this film with the belief that Christy’s story could save lives.”
She also said the “experience has been one of the greatest honours of my life.” Regarding the poor box office results, Sweeney said, “We don’t always just make art for numbers, we make it for impact”.
Sweeney has not responded to Rose’s comments.
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