It's actor Spacey singing Darin's hits in new film

Kevin Spacey has been channeling an old hero — Bobby Darin.

For his new film about Darin's life, "Beyond the Sea," Spacey did his own singing of Darin's greatest hits, including "Mack the Knife" and "Splish Splash."

"People that knew and worked with Bobby Darin didn't know the difference when they heard him sing," said co-star Kate Bosworth in Los Angeles.

Spacey ran into trouble with a different kind of splish splash — rainy Los Angeles streets. He was more than an hour late to Hollywood's Cinerama Dome for Thursday's premiere of the film, which opens nationwide Dec. 17.

Spacey later apologized.

"Californians don't know how to drive in the rain," he said.