Los Angeles, California - Sydney Sweeney's getting tapped to play Kim Novak in the upcoming movie, Scandalous, has been slammed by Novak herself – and here's why!

The Housemaid star was cast in the biopic back in October 2025, but the 93-year-old retired actor criticized the decision in a new interview with The Times of London.

Novak told the outlet that she would've "never approved" the upcoming drama that's based on her romance with Sammy Davis Jr. in the 1950s.

The Vertigo actor said that she's also displeased with Sydney portraying her as she "sticks out so much above the waist."

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Novak also fears that the Colman Domingo-directed film will focus more on her sexual dynamic with the late singer when their romance was actually based on them having "so much in common."

She added, "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."

Interestingly, the 28-year-old previously gushed over meeting Novak at the 2025 AFI Festival and shared that she was "honored" to be playing her.

"I think her story is still very relevant today in that she dealt with Hollywood and scrutiny with her relationships and her own private life and the control of her image," Sydney said at the time. "And I think that for me, I relate to it in a lot of different ways."

The Euphoria actor is hardly a stranger to controversy after her American Eagle "Good Genes" ad – and her refusal to apologize for it – drew backlash.

Yet her portrayal as female boxer, Christy Martin, was praised despite the film underperforming in the box office.