SD. Ruby Rose Attacks Sydney Sweeney Over ‘Christy’ Movie: ‘You’re A Cretin And You Ruined The Film’
t’s pretty safe to say Ruby Rose is not a fan of Sydney Sweeney. Rose ripped into Sweeney on Tuesday, claiming the Euphoria star not only took the role in the new Christy Martin biopic from her, but also “ruined” the movie.
In a statement shared to Threads, Ruby Rose wrote, “The original Christy Martin script was incredible. Life-changing. I was attached to play Cherry [a nickname for Martin]. 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.
“For her PR to talk about it flopping and saying SS [Sydney Sweeney] 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.”
‘Christy’ bombs at the box office, Sydney Sweeney releases statement
Christy reportedly made just $1.3 million at the domestic box office in its opening weekend. If that number holds, it will be one of the worst all-time premieres for a movie that opened in over 2,000 theaters. It is also the third straight movie starring Sydney Sweeney, including Eden and Americana, that is likely to gross less than $5 million at the global box office.
Sydney Sweeney, trying to make lemonade out of lemons, issued a lengthy statement on Instagram, trying to find the bright side in her third straight movie flop.
“I am so deeply proud of this movie. Proud of the film David made,” Sweeney wrote, in part. “Proud of the story we told. proud to represent someone as strong and resilient as Christy Martin. This experience has been one of the greatest honors of my life.”
Much like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s biopic on Mark Kerr, which also flopped, Sweeney’s Christy film suffered from a lack of interest in the topic, while still receiving mostly positive reviews. Unfortunately for them, today’s movie audiences appear to have little interest in seeing stories about fringe athletes who achieved what little fame they had in the 1990s and early 2000s.
