She transformed herself for the part, working out and gaining some 20 pounds (9 kg) in muscle mass. Lightning struck again, however, when she took on the title role in Clint Eastwood’s boxing melodrama Million Dollar Baby.
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Swank’s next few films-the historical drama The Affair of the Necklace (2001), the thriller Insomnia (2002), and the sci-fi adventure The Core (2003)-were only marginally successful, though she did win praise for her performance as American suffragist Alice Paul in the TV movie Iron Jawed Angels (2004). In preparation for the part, Swank spent several weeks living as a man. Swank spent one season (1997–98) as a cast member of the popular TV series Beverly Hills 90210 before she was offered the role of Brandon Teena in Boys Don’t Cry. Like her previous movie, it did not do well at the box office. Swank was a cast member in the short-lived TV sitcom Camp Wilder, and she starred as the title character in The Next Karate Kid (1994).
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