Kim Novak says Sydney Sweeney is "totally wrong" to play her in the upcoming biopic Scandalous.
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The Vertigo actress "would never have approved" of Sweeney's casting in the film, noting that she "sticks out so much above the waist."
Novak also fears that Scandalous will focus too much on the sexual side of her relationship with Sammy Davis Jr. "because Sydney Sweeney looks sexy all the time."
Kim Novakdoesn't wantSydney Sweeneyto play her in an upcoming biopic.
TheVertigoactress candidly reflected on theAnyone but Youstar being cast in the filmScandalous, which will chronicle her controversial affair with Sammy Davis Jr. in the 1950s.
"I would never have approved," Novak said of the movie, which castIndustryandAlien: Romulusstar David Jonsson as Davis, in a new interview with the U.K.'sThe Times.
She added that Sweeney "sticks out so much above the waist."
Novak is also apprehensive about the movie putting too much emphasis on the sexual attraction between her and Davis, because she remembers their relationship being primarily based on them having "so much in common."
"There's no way it wouldn't be a sexual relationship because Sydney Sweeney looks sexy all the time," Novak said ofScandalous. "She was totally wrong to play me."
Entertainment Weeklyhas reached out to representatives for Sweeney for comment.
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Novak also remembered the racism that Davis endured in midcentury Hollywood. "Because of the color of his skin people did terrible things," she said.
However, Novak rejected the rumor that she applied for a marriage license to wed the legendary singer, actor, and dancer. "No, no," she said. "I mean, he loved me. I cared for him deeply. But at that time I never wanted to marry anybody."
TheMan With the Golden Armactress also said the late studio executive and Columbia Pictures co-founder Harry Cohn was a horrible boss. "Harry kept you on a tight rein," she recalled. "He even had people follow me around to make sure I wasn't wasting my time talking to the person who was selling hot dogs [on set], and he told me, 'Don't eat those hot dogs.' I was always conscious of not putting on weight and how I dressed. They were constantly controlling you. If I put that much control on my horse I wouldn't blame him if he bucked me off."
When asked if she'd heard the rumors that Cohn threatened Davis with violence if the singer didn't marry a Black woman, Novak replied, "Oh, I know it was true."
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Sweeney'sEuphoriacostar Colman Domingo is set to directScandalous. The film has not yet begun production.
Sweeneypreviously paid tributeto Novak at the 2025 Met Gala in May, where she wore a black Miu Miu dress similar to one that Novak sported in 1967'sThe Legend of Lylah Clare. Domingo was one of the co-chairs of the gala.
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