{"id":105450,"date":"2025-08-31T19:33:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/105450\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T19:33:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:33:04","slug":"hollywood-legend-fears-controversy-ridden-sydney-sweeney-will-bring-scandal-to-upcoming-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/105450\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Legend Fears Controversy-Ridden Sydney Sweeney Will Bring Scandal to Upcoming Biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kim Novak, one of the most iconic actresses of Hollywood\u2019s Golden Age<\/a>, is speaking out about the upcoming biopic that dramatizes her brief but deeply personal relationship with Rat Pack legend Sammy Davis Jr. In a new interview, the Vertigo star revealed she is uneasy with the direction of the film, particularly its provocative title: Scandalous! It’s the latest issue for Sydney Sweeney who seems to attract attention wherever she goes<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think the relationship was scandalous,\u201d Novak said<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s somebody I really cared about. We had so much in common, including that need to be accepted for who we are and what we do, rather than how we look. But I\u2019m concerned they\u2019re going to make it all sexual reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Novak and Davis Jr. first crossed paths in 1956<\/a> during a joint appearance on The Steve Allen Show. Their connection quickly blossomed into a romance, but at a time when interracial relationships were not only taboo but illegal in many states due to anti-miscegenation laws, secrecy was the only option.<\/p>\n

That secrecy didn\u2019t last long. When Columbia Pictures boss Harry Cohn learned of the affair, he reportedly threatened Davis Jr<\/a>. with mob retaliation, insisting that Novak\u2019s relationship with a Black man would damage her box office draw. Under pressure, the couple ended things, their story relegated to whispers until now.<\/p>\n

Sydney Sweeney and Colman Domingo Take the Lead<\/p>\n

The film adaptation, produced by Miramax, will mark Colman Domingo\u2019s directorial debut. David Jonsson (Industry) has been cast as Davis Jr., while Sweeney \u2014 already a lightning rod of media attention due to her various off-screen controversies<\/a> \u2014 will step into Novak\u2019s shoes.<\/p>\n

Domingo has described the project as a love story at its core, telling Deadline last year: \u201cHopefully we\u2019ll make a beautiful, sweet film that\u2019s really about the possibility of love, but under many eyes, trying to have privacy, trying to have love, trying to have a life. And I think it\u2019s something that Sydney and I both know very well.\u201d Production is slated to begin in late 2025, after Euphoria Season 3<\/a> wraps.<\/p>\n

Now 91, Novak is being honored with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival, where a new documentary, Kim Novak\u2019s Vertigo by Alexandre Philippe, is also set to premiere. But now, she will brace herself the latest Sweeney storm to come down and this time, it’s on her life story.<\/p>\n

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Sydney Sweeney at Paris Fashion Week 2024<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 12, 1997<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWashington, USA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kim Novak, one of the most iconic actresses of Hollywood\u2019s Golden Age, is speaking out about the upcoming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-105450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}