United Kingdom, Sept. 1 -- Kim Novak fears "social media and AI" are "today's bad directors" because they are "trying to remake women".

The 92-year-old Vertigo star has admitted she struggled to hold onto her identity during her Hollywood hey day because so much of her work was based around appearances and she now fears all the progress that has been made over the last few decades is being reversed by technology.

She told The Guardian newspaper: "We make progress, but unfortunately then we always go back. It inevitably always goes back to sex appeal.

"It still matters too much how we look. Social media and AI are able to show all kinds of stuff that isn't real. They're today's bad directors, trying to remake women."

Kim added of her o...