According to the Daily Mail, Kim Novak described Sydney Sweeney as 'totally wrong' for the role and said she would never have approved of her casting. Novak remarked that Sweeney 'sticks out so much above the waist,' unlike herself, and expressed concern that the film will focus too much on the sexual side of her romance with Sammy Davis Jr. Novak added that there is no way it wouldn't be a sexual relationship because Sweeney looks sexy all the time, making her wrong to play Novak.
The film Scandalous was revealed to be in early stages of development in October 2024, with Colman Domingo set to make his feature directorial debut, starring Sydney Sweeney as Kim Novak and David Jonsson as Sammy Davis Jr. Novak recalled that her attraction with Davis Jr. was based on how much they had in common.
Sydney Sweeney is 'totally wrong' for the role.
She described that because of the color of his skin, people did terrible things to him, such as giving him beer with urine in it. When movie executives learned of their relationship in 1957, the couple were forced to break up due to fears about an interracial marriage. Columbia Pictures boss Henry Cohn, who had Novak under contract, was worried that their interracial relationship would be bad for business, and he threatened Davis Jr.
regarding the relationship. It is unknown whether Sydney Sweeney or her representatives have responded to Novak's criticism, the current status of the film Scandalous, or the specific details of Henry Cohn's threat to Sammy Davis Jr.
I 'would never have approved' of her casting.
She 'sticks out so much above the waist.'
Our attraction was based on how much 'in common' we had with each other.
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.
Because of the color of his skin people did terrible things, such as giving him beer with urine in it.