Phil Collins recently spoke with The Telegraph, giving insight into his career and acting gigs. He shared details about his role in the 1991 film ‘Hook,’ where he portrayed an English police inspector, and touched on his interactions with actor Dustin Hoffman during filming. The former Genesis singer recalled:
“He’s sitting there with his legs up; I’m having to walk around his feet. He has his own scriptwriter to make it more Dustin. He’s not even in the scene. He’s not even due on set for two months. He was letting it be known that it was his movie.”
Saying he didn’t want to offend anyone, Collins added:
“I’m not worried because I know it’s true. But I don’t want to upset anybody; I just find these observations interesting.”
By the time he took part in ‘Hook,’ the singer was already a figure in the public eye. In the ’80s, he acted in different movies and released two multi-platinum albums with Genesis. Years later, he talked about that period of his life in an interview with The Guardian and said:
“I was always there. I was always in your face. People were always talking about me, usually not in a nice way. There was definitely too much of me.”
‘Being everywhere’ affected Collins’ image in some other names in the industry. After seeing his performance during the Who’s 1989 reunion tour, Roger Waters talked to Rolling Stone about the singer and said he found him ‘irritating’ for that reason.
You can read Waters’ words about the former Genesis member here and watch a part of Phil Collins’ performance in ‘Hook’ below.
