Pacino Won’t Meet Spector

Pacino Won’t Meet Spector: Actor Didn’t Want To Meet With Music Legend To Research Role
Posted: January 4, 2013
Pacino Won't Meet Spector

Al Pacino won’t meet Phil Spector, even though he is playing the famed record producer and convicted killer in an HBO movie.

Pacino’s movie, Phil Spector, debuts in March and focuses on the relationship between the music legend and his attorney, Linda Kenney Baden. She represented Spector in his trial when he was charged with the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. The trial ended in a mistrial, but he was tried again and convicted of murder, and is now spending 19 years to life in prison.

Though Pacino won’t meet with Spector to research the role, the actor did go all out in portraying the music legend, The Associated Press noted.

The report noted:

    “Pacino wore a dizzying array of wigs in his portrayal of the eccentric Spector, whose “Wall of Sound” style was an integral part of pop music in the early 1960s. The actor said he decided not to meet Spector in prison because he’d be a different man than the one Pacino is portraying, who had not yet been convicted of a crime.

    “He watched video clips of Spector to help him with his portrayal.”

Director David Mamet also knew Spector well, Reuters noted. The director’s agent told Mamet he needed to watch a documentary about Spector, but the playwright said he already knew enough about the notorious music producer with the wild hair.


On Friday, Al Pacino said he won't meet Spector before his portrayal of him in an upcoming movie. However, to his surprise, he already met former record producer and convicted killer, Phil Spector.

He found this out when he saw an old photo that was taken almost twenty years ago, which showed him standing by the future murderer, Spector. When a friend of Pacino showed him the picture, he was shocked and said he did not remember the encounter, reported Yahoo! on Jan. 4.

The HBO movie starring Al Pacino is called "Phil Spector," and it airs in March. It's primary focus is on the relationship Spector had with attorney, Linda Kenney Baden. Baden represented Spector during his first trial for the murder of actress, Lana Clarkson.