Hollywood legend Kim Novak is irked that Sydney Sweeney is cast to play her in the upcoming film Scandalous. In an interview with The Times of London, Novak says she would have “never approved” of the casting and that Sweeney “sticks out so much above the waist.” While it doesn’t have an official release date yet, Scandalous is about Novak’s relationship with Sammy Davis Jr. and is set to star Sweeney, 28, opposite David Jonsson, 32. Novak said she is concerned that the film may play into Sweeney’s sex appeal and flatten her real-life relationship with Davis. Their connection was based around having “so much in common,” according to Novak, 93, and that “there’s no way it wouldn’t be a sexual relationship because Sydney Sweeney looks sexy all the time. She was totally wrong to play me.” Sweeney, for her part, said she was excited to play the role. “I think her story is still very relevant today in that she dealt with Hollywood and scrutiny with her relationships and her own private life and the control of her image. And I think that for me, I relate to it in a lot of different ways,” Sweeney said at the October 2025 premiere of Christy.
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