{"id":190204,"date":"2025-08-31T22:07:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T22:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/31\/kim-novak-concerned-biopic-starring-sydney-sweeney-will-be-sexual\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T22:07:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T22:07:56","slug":"kim-novak-concerned-biopic-starring-sydney-sweeney-will-be-sexual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/31\/kim-novak-concerned-biopic-starring-sydney-sweeney-will-be-sexual\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Novak ‘Concerned’ Biopic Starring Sydney Sweeney Will Be ‘Sexual’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Kim Novak<\/strong> is sharing her concerns about the upcoming biopic Scandalous!<\/em>, based on her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think the relationship was scandalous,\u201d Novak, 92, told The Guardian<\/em><\/a> of her relationship with singer Sammy Davis Jr.<\/strong> in an interview published on Saturday, August 30.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s somebody I really cared about,\u201d she added. \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. But I\u2019m concerned they\u2019re going to make it all sexual reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

The upcoming biopic, currently in preproduction, stars Sydney Sweeney<\/strong><\/a> and David Jonsson<\/strong> and follows the real-life story of Novak and Davis Jr. who were involved in an infamous 1950s love affair. When news broke of their romance in 1957, Harry Cohn<\/strong>, head of Columbia Pictures at the time, reportedly threatened to take a mob hit out on the famed singer.<\/p>\n

The pair eventually called it quits due to the pressure put on them by outside influencers. (Davis Jr. died in 1990 of laryngeal cancer at 64 years of age.)<\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>Jane Fonda Worries What Sydney Sweeney\u2019s \u2018Barbarella\u2019 Remake ‘Is Going to Be’<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tJane Fonda\u2019s starring turn in 1968\u2019s\u00a0Barbarella\u00a0helped catapult her to worldwide acclaim \u2014 but she\u2019s not thinking about passing the mantle onto Sydney Sweeney, who is set to lead the upcoming remake. \u201cI try not to because I worry about what it\u2019s going to be,\u201d Fonda, 85, told\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter\u00a0in an interview published on Friday, January [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201c[Novak] never wanted to get married back then \u2014 to anyone,\u201d Novak\u2019s manager, Sue Cameron<\/strong>, told People<\/em> in a November 2024 interview. \u201cIt was a romance based on love, respect, the things they shared in common.<\/p>\n

Cameron continued, \u201cKim and Sammy met at a party and recognized they were both rebels and outsiders. They both had strong ties to their families and spent time with close relatives in both Hollywood and Chicago. In truth, she hoped their relationship could help break down people\u2019s racial bias.\u201d<\/p>\n

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According to Cameron, Novak is \u201caware of at least four unauthorized and unapproved projects in development about the Kim Novak and Sammy Davis affair.\u201d Scandalous!<\/em> also serves as actor Colman Domingo\u2019<\/strong>s directorial debut.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully we\u2019ll make a beautiful, sweet film that\u2019s really about the possibility of love, but under many eyes,\u201d Domingo, 55, told Deadline<\/em> in November 2024.<\/p>\n

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