Sydney Sweeney’s subsequent starring position is about to observe a precedent set by Scarlett Johansson again in 2012. After her record-breaking success with final yr’s erotic thriller film The Housemaid, Sweeney is about to play Fifties Hollywood icon Kim Novak, in an R-rated biopic about her relationship with Sammy Davis Jr..
Novak’s most well-known display position was her efficiency in Alfred Hitchcock’s seminal psychological thriller, Vertigo, which is able to undoubtedly characteristic extensively on this new biopic. On this sense, Sydney Sweeney is taking part in an element remarkably much like Scarlett Johansson’s portrayal of Psycho star Janet Leigh within the 2012 biopic Hitchcock.
Whereas Hitchcock is a film in regards to the movie business which doesn’t actually add something new to the acquainted story of how this legendary director made his most celebrated masterpiece, Sweeney’s upcoming film Scandalous has the potential to shed new mild on Kim Novak’s life as a significant Hollywood star. Nonetheless, there’s no denying the casting similarities between the 2 biopics.
Sydney Sweeney Will Play Kim Novak In Her Subsequent Film Scandalous
For a lot of followers and commentators, the casting of Sydney Sweeney as Kim Novak in Scandalous is ideal for the film. Handled as a blonde bombshell typically ignored for her appearing abilities, Sweeney has an appearing profession that mirrors the height of Novak’s stardom in some ways.
What’s extra, this difficult position is available in a historic drama that’s set to hold heavy political overtones, directed by Sweeney’s costar Colman Domingo. As Sammy Davis Jr., Domingo can be taking part in the person whose relationship with Kim Novak despatched shockwaves throughout American society, at a time when racial integration was nonetheless extensively repressed in the US.
Kim Novak Is One Of The Most Iconic “Hitchcock Blondes”
After all, Novak is best-known at the moment for her position in Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece Vertigo, which noticed her labeled as one of many so-called “Hitchcock Blondes” who steadily met with an unlucky finish within the director’s films. Sydney Sweeney’s present standing in Hollywood is arguably the modern-day equal of this phenomenon.
Kim Novak has expressed concern that Sweeney position in Scandalous will play off her status as an excessively sexualized bombshell of Fifties cinema, quite than the multi-faceted complexities of her life and profession. It might properly be Sweeney’s monitor file of overtly erotic display performances that has prompted Novak’s fears in regards to the film.
Scarlett Johansson Additionally Performed Iconic “Hitchcock Blonde” Janet Leigh
Maybe Kim Novak is leaping the gun slightly in her assumptions about how Sydney Sweeney will painting her in Scandalous. Fairly than Sweeney’s personal earlier roles, she’ll seemingly be taking her cues from Scarlett Johansson’s portrayal of one other iconic “Hitchcock Blonde”, Janet Leigh.
It was Leigh who starred as the primary homicide sufferer within the Hitchcock film primarily based on serial killer Ed Gein’s story, Psycho. Johansson’s charismatic efficiency because the actor on the middle of Hollywood’s most infamous bathe scene options in Sacha Gervasi’s 2012 movie Hitchcock, which stands out for its star high quality greater than its story.
Scandalous ought to have extra to supply as a chunk of storytelling than Hitchcock. However, Sydney Sweeney would do properly to observe Scarlett Johansson’s lead when taking part in one of many nice director’s most revered display collaborators.
- Launch Date
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November 23, 2012
- Runtime
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98 minutes
- Director
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Sacha Gervasi
- Writers
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John J. McLaughlin
- Producers
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Alan Barnette, Ivan Reitman, Joe Medjuck, Tom Pollock