Jonny Lee Miller on addiction, Angelina Jolie, and why he didn’t go after Harvey Weinstein: ‘I remember feeling fury’

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I was like, ‘I don’t think so.’ Then he asked me, ‘How does $20m sound?’ I remember just saying, ‘Who the f*** is this guy?’” Miller lets out a big, lairy laugh. I remember telling Jonny, my first husband, who was great about it, to spread the word to other guys – don’t let girls go alone with him.” I know there were worries about it because we were rolling around butt naked – Benedict Cumberbatch had brought that up I tell Miller that the quote stuck with me because famous men have tended not to be mentioned in the testimonials of Weinstein’s victims. You never know who needs to hear a positive story.” He tells me he’s reluctant to go into too much detail about his struggles today, having already “spilled his guts” on the aforementioned podcast. “But getting sober was the best thing I’ve ever done.” open image in gallery Mystery inc: Lucy Liu as Joan Watson and Miller as Sherlock Holmes in the cop drama ‘Elementary’ I ask if it was ever difficult when his personal life and his professional life became blurred: in Trainspotting and its belated 2017 sequel, of course, but even his Sherlock on Elementary was in recovery from heroin addiction.