According to reports, George Michael has discovered that he wasn't the first choice to appear as Johnny Lee Miller's musical conscience in new US 'field of dreams' style TV show 'Eli Stone', and in fact, producers initially approached Phil Collins. The singer says: "Apparently, the studio didn't think I'd say yes. They wrote it for Phil Collins, I think."
The singer, who appears in dream sequences in the show, added "They said they wanted to name each episode after a song of mine. It's all flattering to the ego, isn't it?"