Check out these images of actor Ryan Destiny and boxing and PFL standout Claressa Shields. Destiny plays Shields in "The Fire Inside," a biopic about Shields' life and career.

DESTINY: I knew zero about boxing, like literal zero. It was something that I always respected, but that world is so frightening to me. I'm like, "I don't understand how people can do this." ...

Ryan Destiny had “zero” boxing experience before playing two-time Olympic champion Claressa Shields in “The Fire Inside.” In fact, while Destiny is an actor, a singer and a dancer, ...

Actor Ryan Destiny shares how she started prioritizing fitness when she landed a big movie role. Now, she's dishing out her ...

“The Fire Inside” starring Ryan Destiny (“Star”) is ready to get in the ring at the box office, as the film hits theaters on Wednesday. The film is centered on the rise of Claressa “T ...

And Ryan Destiny’s performance becomes heroic. We see how that scowl of Claressa’s, her refusal to coddle anyone, and nothing less defiant than that, is the very thing she needs to win this ...

Ryan Destiny and Brian Tyree Henry in "The Fire Inside" (Amazon MGM Studios) “As long as I’m boxing…I’m going to be ok.” Boxing legend Claressa Shields has a stellar nickname, bestowed ...

In a joint conversation with the trailblazing Olympic champion herself, the rising star talks stepping into the ring for the biopic from director Rachel Morrison and writer Barry Jenkins.

To embody Shields, a three-division undisputed boxing champion, Destiny had to step into the ring both physically and mentally—a process she admits was anything but easy.

“I trained in 2020, our first go-round for three to four months,” Destiny tells me during a joint interview with Henry on this week’s “Just for Variety” podcast. “Then we stopped ...

The Rachel Morrison-directed drama (in theaters now) tells the story of Claressa “T-Rex” Shields, the Flint, Mich., native who became the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing.