Phil Glenister: 'I'm too old to get naked on TV'

TV star Phil Glenister has refused an offer to go naked for his latest role, saying he's now 'too old'.

The actor who stars in new series Mad Dogs, which begins tonight on Sky1, chose to preserve his modesty when asked to jump into a swimming pool with no clothes on.

Phil told The Sun's TV Biz: "They went, 'Who wants to go and jump in there naked?', and Max was like, 'Me, kid'. And I was like, 'There's absolutely no way'.

"I'm of an age now. I'm past all that. I don't do nudity any more."

Mad Dogs sees Phil joins Max Beesley, John Simm and Marc Warren as four school friends who are reunited when they fly out to Majorca to join their old pal Ben Chaplin at his luxury villa.

The men soon get caught up in a world of criminals, drugs and murder in the four-part psychological thriller.

Speaking about the show, Phil said: "It's about reaching a stage in life, looking at what you've achieved and where you go next. It's about how normal people deal with a certain situation and how they can implode. If the public expect something laddy or gangstery, they'll be disappointed."

Mad Dogs starts tonight, Thursday, 10 February at 9pm on Sky One.

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