Phil Collins had a lust for blood

HBO thought Phil Collins should return to acting:

"I get sent a script from HBO. There was a Russian serial killer who killed and cannibalised 50-odd kids."

Clearly, HBO had seen Collins' performance as a Mexican in the Illegal Alien video and concluded that he was the right man to have a crack at playing a Russian.

Collins was up for it, too:

As soon as I got the script, I thought, 'I've got to play this guy!' But my wife wouldn't let me do it.

She was probably right - can you imagine the legal trouble HBO would be in if they let Collins play a multiple killer? The cannibal's reputation would never recover.