Kim Novak Slams Sydney Sweeney's Casting in Biopic

0:00It's March 30th. Welcome to Entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. 93-year-old Hollywood legend Kim Novak is speaking out against the casting of 28-year-old Sydney Swini in the upcoming biopic, Scandalus. The film centers on Novak's 1957 romance with Sammy Davis Jr. and Novak calls the choice totally wrong, saying Swini sticks out. Too much above the waist and looks sexy all the time. Novak worries the movie will zero in on the sexual side of their relationship, ignoring how much they had in common beyond physical attraction. She insists there was no scandal. Just a normal connection between two rebels and outsiders who shared strong family ties. Fans and folks in the industry are buzzing about Novak's blunt critique, especially since she rose to fame in films like Vertigo back in the late. Swini, known from Euphoria, hasn't responded yet through her team. Novak's longtime manager

1:01backs her up, explaining she never wanted marriage back then to anyone, and the pair hoped their bond could challenge racial. Bias' and Hollywood and beyond. Novak always saw people beyond color, drawing from her own early experiences and believed dating Sammy could push society toward accepting. Interracial love on a broader scale.