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<\/p>\nKim Novak has already voiced her concerns about an upcoming biopic starring Sydney Sweeney as the former Vertigo star \u2014 but according to a source, the project is bothering her even more behind the scenes.<\/p>\n
The film, the source tells the Examiner, will focus on her \u201cdeeply complicated\u201d affair with Sammy Davis Jr., which is causing the 92-year-old \u201ca ton of unwanted stress.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cKim\u2019s been dreading this project for years,\u201d the source explains of the actress, who retired from showbiz and now leads a quiet life in Oregon. \u201cShe\u2019s an extremely private person who likes to stay out of the spotlight and only opens up about her past to a few select people.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo to have this extremely sensitive aspect of her past dredged up and dissected by a new generation all these years on has gotten her very shaken and upset,\u201d the source explained.<\/p>\n
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Novak famously had an \u201cextremely special\u201d affair with Davis Jr. in the mid-1950s, the source says, adding that \u201cit was way more than just sex.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, rumors are swirling that producers of the upcoming film are \u201ctwisting that narrative,\u201d as Sweeney, 27, is being told to portray the Vertigo star as a \u201cfemme fatale heartbreaker type.\u201d<\/p>\n
The former screen legend \u201chates how a new generation of people will be remembering her, it\u2019s making her want to speak out in detail and correct the narrative while she still can,\u201d the source adds.<\/p>\n
Novak has already begun to speak out about the decades-old affair, telling The Guardian<\/a> that she didn\u2019t believe their relationship was ever \u201cscandalous,\u201d before explaining, \u201cHe\u2019s somebody I really cared about.\u201d<\/p>\n Xavier Collin\/Image Press Agency<\/p>\n \u201cWe had so much in common, including that need to be accepted for who we are and what we do, rather than how we look,\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cBut I\u2019m concerned they\u2019re going to make it all sexual reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ebf9297c9ee1c0f364dca7826ee18d0b.jpeg\"\/)
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