Sydney Sweeney Debuts Boxing Skills โat Toronto Film Festival Amidst Advertising Controversy
TORONTO, Sept. 6, โข2025 – Actress Sydney Sweeney showcased her boxing training at the premiere ofโ epic: Elvisโ Presley In Concert during theโข Toronto International Film Festival, appearing in โฃathletic โขwear and demonstrating boxing combinations for photographers. The display comes as Sweeney navigates public discussion surrounding her recent โadvertising โขcampaign for Lee Jeans, which sparked debate over itsโ perceived sexualization.Sweeney’s appearance at TIFF includedโ a brief, impromptu boxing demonstration, captured by Getty Images and AFP, โฃwhere she practiced jabs and footwork. This follows reports of her intensive boxing training regimen, which she โhas sharedโ on social media.
Theโข boxing demonstration occurred amidst ongoingโ conversation regarding Sweeney’s Lee jeans campaign. The advertisements, featuring Sweeney in denim โฃshorts, prompted criticism from someโฃ who โคargued they wereโค overly suggestive. Sweeney respondedโ to the criticism โin a recent interview, โstating sheโ is “disappointed” by the reaction and emphasizing her agency in the creative process. “I’m a businesswoman,” sheโ said. โฃ”I’m trying to create opportunities for myselfโ and โขI’m very โฃproud of the work I’ve done.”
Sweeney โis currently promoting EPiC: Elvis presley โคIn Concert, a film directed by Baz Luhrmann which premiered at TIFF. Other notable attendees at the festival included Luhrmann, Jason Bateman, and Jude Law, who were photographed at the premiere ofโ Blackโฃ Rabbit.