'I would never have approved': Kim Novak has implied that Sydney Sweeney is too busty to play her in Scandalous!
Sydney Sweeney plays Kim Novak in Scandalous!, which chronicles the Hollywood icon's romance with Sammy Davis Jr.
Kim Novak has implied that Sydney Sweeney is too busty to play her in Scandalous!
The Colman Domingo-directed movie chronicles her 1950s romance with legendary singer Sammy Davis Jr - who is portrayed by David Jonsson.
Kim, 93, told The Times newspaper: "I would never have approved."
She then argued: "Sticks out so much above the waist."
The retired actress and the legendary Rat Pack singer - who died of laryngeal cancer in May 1990, at the age of 64 - met in 1956 on The Steve Allen Show and later entered a romantic relationship.
The interracial couple were the subject of heavy criticism both in and out of Hollywood during a time of racial tensions in the US, and Columbia Pictures head Harry Cohn threatened the I've Gotta Be Me singer to end the relationship.
In 1958, a Chicago gossip columnist penned an expose about the love affair, claiming they were planning to marry – although both denied this.
The story quickly spread throughout the nation. Davis went on to marry a black woman called Loray White in 1958, while Novak wed white actor Richard Johnson seven years later.
