KEVIN SPACEY - SPACEY: 'DARIN BIOPIC IS NOT VANITY PIECE'

Actor KEVIN SPACEY is petrified fans will suspect he has a big ego after seeing his numerous appearances in the credits of new BOBBY DARIN biopic BEYOND THE SEA.

The actor directed, co-wrote and co-produced the movie as well as starring as its title character Bobby Darin, the multi-talented music icon who moved from rock and roll into pop, gospel, country and western and folk music.

But Spacey insists, "I'm quite aware that from the outside this looks like, 'Oh, what an ego this guy must have.' But I was quite cognisant, while making it, that this is not a vanity piece.

"I don't think I'd ever want it to be that. Being a one-man band is no fun. In fact, it was never my intention to direct it. It was a case of, if I didn't, the film wouldn't get made."