Screen Icon Kim Novak Slams Reports Sydney Sweeney Would Play Her In New Biopic

Veteran star of the silver screen Kim Novak is evidently not a fan of the decision to have Sydney Sweeney play her in a new movie.

Last year, it was announced that a biopic about Kim’s romance with Sammy Davis Jr was in the works, with the White Lotus actor and David Jonsson in the lead roles, while fellow Euphoria alum Colman Domingo was attached to direct.

During a new interview with The Times, the Vertigo star made it clear that she’d “never” have approved the decision for Sydney to play her on screen.

“[She] sticks out so much above the waist,” Kim suggested, before voicing her concern that the film would focus too much on sex rather than the fact she and Sammy Davis Jr had “so much in common”, which was the basis of their relationship.

“There’s no way it wouldn’t be a sexual relationship because Sydney Sweeney looks sexy all the time,” she added. “She was totally wrong to play me.”

In The Times’ piece, it was suggested that progress on the movie had “stalled” in recent history.

Back in October, Sydney told People magazine: “I’m incredibly honored to be bringing Kim to life. I mean, she is such an amazing actress.

“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.”

Around this time, Sydney was gearing up for the release of another biopic, Christy, in which the two-time Emmy nominee played boxing legend Christy Martin.

The film bombed at the box office, with its release coming after a string of controversies involving its lead actor, most notably reports that she had registered as a Republican in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election and an ill-fated jeans ad for the US fashion brand American Eagle.