The Ridley Scott-directed Showtime pilot has chosen Downfall actor Bruno Ganz to play Pope Sixtus VI

"I'm not interested in playing myself and I'm not interested in playing the same thing over and over again..."

The Watchmen actor will play papal secretary Bernd Koch in a pilot for the upcoming thriller directed by Ridley Scott

Stephen Poliakoff's new drama stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthew Goode, Angel Coulby, John Goodman, Jacqueline Bisset, Joanna Vanderham, Anthony Head and Jenna-Louise Coleman

"There was this time just a few years before Hitler and the World War II when the elite were mingling with black musicians and inviting them into their homes"

Angel Coulby, Joanna Vanderham, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Matthew Goode star in Stephen Poliakoff's first major drama series on BBC2