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The 75-year-old Pacino delivers a rare comic turn in the film
about a singer who discovers a letter written to him by John
Lennon four decades earlier.
At the London premiere of "Danny Collins" at the Ham Yard Hotel,
he joked: "I am sorry about the singing but I have to do it in
the part."
The star of "The Godfather" and "Scarface" admitted he suffered
from nerves when the script demanded he perform in front of a
crowd.
"I will tell you the one thing you learn about singing in front
of an audience is it's really hard to hang onto the words," he
said.
The Oscar winner also recalled once bumping into John Lennon in
New York near Central Park.
"I ran into John Lennon but it wasn't a run in, we were like
ships in the night, we passed each other but he looked at me and
smiled and I smiled back and we both waved. It was a moment that
I'll never forget," he said.
In the film, released in the United States in March, Danny
Collins abandons his hard-living ways and touring to build a
relationship with his family and start writing songs again.
Pacino was joined on the red carpet by British musician Steve
Tilston, who received a letter from Lennon 40 years after it was
sent and whose experience inspired the movie.
The film opens in the United Kingdom on May 29.
(Reporting by Edward Baran at Reuters TV; Editing by Mary
Milliken and Dan Grebler)
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