Kim Novak says Sydney Sweeney was ‘totally wrong’ to play her in biopic
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Sydney Sweeney has no fans in Kim Novak.
Novak, 93, is starring in the upcoming biopic “Scandalous!” He admitted that he chose Sweeney, 28, to play the iconic actor for . “it was completely wrong.”
“I would never approve,” Novak said recently Timesbefore adding that the “Euphoria” star “comes out well above the waist.”
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Kim Novak “Scandal!” He believed he would cast Sydney Sweeney in his movie. The biopic was “all wrong.” (Getty Images)
Among the numerous problems with the film, Novak noted that the film had “a lot in common” other than physical attraction with Sammy Davis Jr. He shared his concerns that he would focus too much on the sexual aspect of his relationship.
“There’s no way this wasn’t a sexual relationship because Sydney Sweeney always looks sexy,” Novak said. “It was totally wrong for him to play me.”
Sweeney’s representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Kim Novak rose to fame in the late ’50s before starring in “Vertigo.” (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
Kim Novak said Sydney Sweeney “stands out too much from the waist.” (Getty Images)
Colman Domingo’s directorial debut features Novak’s Sammy Davis Jr. It focuses on his once-controversial relationship with; It’s a romance that Novak believes is perfectly normal.
“I don’t think the relationship is scandalous,” the 92-year-old actress said. Guard last year.
“He’s someone I really care about,” Novak added. “We had a lot in common, including the need to be accepted for who we are and what we do, rather than what we look like. But I worry they’ll chalk it up to purely sexual reasons.”
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Novak’s long-time manager Sue Cameron had previously announced this situation. “Vertigo” star When she met Davis Jr., she was never planning on getting married.
Kim Novak with Sammy Davis Jr. in 1957 came out with. (Getty Images)
“Kim and I are aware of at least four unauthorized and unapproved projects in development related to the Kim Novak and Sammy Davis incident,” Cameron said. People.
“She didn’t want to marry anyone at the time. It was a romance based on love, respect and the things they shared in common,” Cameron added. “Kim and Sammy met at a party and realized they were both rebels and outsiders. They both had strong ties to their families and were spending time with close relatives in both Hollywood and Chicago. She actually hoped their relationship could help break people’s racial prejudice.”
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Novak also said Davis Jr. in a 2023 interview with Fox News Digital. He talked about his “misunderstood” relationship with.
“I loved it,” she recalled at the time. “He was a person with youthful innocence. Now, I know no one saw him that way, but that’s how I saw him. He had a childlike quality, and I loved that about him.”
Novak said Alfred Hitchcock never told him how to think and “let me be my character.” (Getty Images)
The “Picnic” actress revealed that she has “never seen a black person.”
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“My first boyfriend when I was a kid was Mexican. He was an altar server at my church. He was my first love. So I never thought about race,” Novak said. “But the studio was very uncomfortable with it. I resisted because I didn’t believe it was right. While people were feeling a certain way, I felt like people needed to change. And I felt like by seeing Sammy and Sammy seeing me, we could help people understand and accept all kinds of interracial relationships.”
He continued, “I felt like I could help people be more accepting of all races and all types of relationships. I felt like I was doing the right thing by doing that. I felt like Sammy and I were starting to help people understand that it wasn’t wrong. A man is a man, regardless of skin color. A woman is a woman, regardless of skin color.”
Fox News Digital’s Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.
