Overview
- Hawke told Sydney Sweeney he took up boxing after seeing Rocky, trained for about six months, fought once and walked away.
- He said he "got my ass kicked" and quit because he disliked losing, recalling an opponent hammering his gloves until he was "hitting myself."
- The remarks came in a new Variety/CNN Actors on Actors interview released December 11.
- Hawke said he watched Sweeney’s film Christy with his 17-year-old daughter at an Alamo theater, sharing her takeaway about the difficulty of leaving toxic relationships.
- Sweeney said the production used Christy Martin’s real fight combinations and that she sustained a concussion while filming.