Zendaya Will Be Barry Jenkins’s Baby in Ronnie Spector Biopic
At the age of seventeen, Ronnie Spector first encountered the volatile record producer Phil Spector. The band formed by her sister and cousin, the Ronettes, experienced their greatest successes under Phil’s label. They got married in 1968. In her memoir, Ronnie Spector recounted that marriage to Phil was a perpetual nightmare. He would yell at her whenever she spoke, eventually silencing her. He subjected her to abuse, and he controlled her movements by holding onto her shoes so she couldn’t leave the house without his permission. Barefoot, Ronnie managed to flee in 1972.