Sydney Sweeney is getting her flip as a Hitchcock blonde…or not less than the prospect to painting one.
Sweeney will play Previous Hollywood actress Kim Novak in a characteristic titled “Scandalous,” and the undertaking would be the directorial debut for “Sing Sing” star Colman Domingo. Sweeney shared the information replace as initially reported by Deadline to her Instagram story on Tuesday, October 22.
Additionally forged alongside Sweeney is “Industry” actor David Jonsson, who will painting Rat Pack legend Sammy Davis Jr.
Reps for Sweeney, Domingo, and studio Miramax didn’t reply to a request for remark.
The characteristic, which is about up at Miramax, will inform the story of Novak and Sammy Davis Jr.’s clandestine affair. Novak and Davis first met as visitors on “The Steve Allen Show.” Their relationship was later leaked by a gossip columnist in 1958, which threatened Novak’s profession at Columbia Footage. Then studio head Harry Cohn allegedly forbade Novak from going out with Davis.
On the time, each stars denied the affair, and Davis married refrain lady Loray White 9 days after the gossip report was printed. However Novak later informed Fox Information in 2023 that her relationship with Davis was “misunderstood,” particularly as she “wasn’t in love with him” however nonetheless “loved him,” even whereas she pined for director Richard Quine.
“I never thought of race. However, the studio was very much upset by it. I resisted because I didn’t believe that was correct,” the “Vertigo” star stated of Davis. “While people were feeling a certain way, I also felt people needed to change. And I felt that by seeing Sammy and Sammy seeing me, that we could help people understand and accept interracial relationships of any kind. I was feeling like I was on the edge of being able to help people to be more accepting of all races and relationships of all kinds,” she shared. “I felt I was doing the right thing by doing that. I felt that Sammy and I were at the start of helping people understand that this is not wrong. A man is a man, no matter what skin color he has. A woman is a woman, no matter what skin color she has.”
Matthew Fantaci wrote the script for “Scandalous,” which was developed by Miramax CEO Jon Glickman at his firm Panoramic prior to him taking the Miramax job.
Sweeney will produce the characteristic via her manufacturing banner Fifty-Fifty. Tani Cohen and Bobby Roth are additionally producing, and Jon Levin is government producing.
“Scandalous” is a reunion for Domingo and Sweeney, who’ve each appeared on the hit HBO collection “Euphoria.” The duo are reprising their respective roles for Season 3, which is about to movie in January 2025.
Sweeney not too long ago began filming on one other biopic position, an untitled movie in which she performs boxer Christy Martin. Sweeney not too long ago shared photos of her spectacular transformation in the position, together with bulking up and dyeing her hair brown.
Deadline first reported the information of the undertaking.
