Kim Novak is the subject of the upcoming biopic Scandalous! starring Sydney Sweeney — and the classy 92-year-old Vertigo star is worried the story will focus on her affair with Sammy Davis Jr.
“Kim’s been dreading this project for years. She’s an extremely private person who likes to stay out of the spotlight and only opens up about her past to a few select people,” says an insider. “Her affair with Sammy was extremely special. She says it was way more than just sex, yet the word is producers are twisting that narrative and calling on Sydney Sweeney to depict Kim as this femme fatale heartbreaker type.”
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She fears how a new generation of people will be remembering her, adds the source. “It’s making her want to speak out in detail and correct the narrative while she still can.”