Sydney Sweeney looks unrecognizable sporting boxer Christy Martins brown mullet for biopic

Who’s that girl? Sydney Sweeney usually plays a blonde bombshell, but the 27-year-old looked unrecognizable when she morphed into boxer Christy Martin while filming a biopic about the latter’s life.In photos obtained by The Post, the “Euphoria” starlet was seen rocking a short and curly brunette wig on Sunday while on the set of David Michôd’s new biopic in Charlotte, North Carolina.Sweeney concealed her famous hourglass curves in a baggy zip-up, sweats and t-shirt while channeling the WBC super welterweight champ’s iconic ’90s mullet with a blue bandana — her style years before her husband, James, tried to kill her.Known as “The Coal Miner’s Daughter” because of her father’s job, Martin made her boxing debut in 1989 and is credited for making women’s boxing mainstream after taking on Deirdre Gogarty in front of cameras and a sold-out crowd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in March 1996.The fight landed her on the April 1996 cover of Sports Illustrated, making her the first female boxer to grace the front of the swimsuit magazine.Her photo was accompanied with the headline, “The Lady Is a Champ.”However, her life took a turn in Nov.

2010, when her then-husband James, 66, stabbed her several times and shot her in the chest, leaving her for dead on the floor of her bedroom in Apopka, Florida.The then-42-year-old survived the attack, and James was arrested days later.

Her husband — who was 25 years her senior — was booked in Orange County Jail and charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.This is a developing story…...

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