JONNY LEE MILLER NEWS 2003

Neighbours star snaps up Winona's role

First it was Jason and Kylie, now yet another former Neighbours star is making a splash on the world stage. Radha Mitchell has signed to be in Woody Allen's latest film, replacing Winona Ryder - who dropped out due to a scheduling conflict. Mitchell, who got her break playing Catherine O'Brien on Neighbours in the mid-1990s, has worked solidly in the US for the past five years, and was last seen opposite Colin Farrell in the thriller Phone Booth. She recently finished work on J. M. Barrie's Neverland opposite Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet and Tony Scott's new action film Man On Fire, with Denzel Washington and Christopher Walken. But the 30-year-old's role in the as-yet-untitled Allen project, which goes into production in the northern autumn, may be her highest-profile part to date.

Melbourne-born Mitchell scored the role after Ryder accepted the lead role in Milos Forman's new film, Embers, which goes into production in the Czech Republic capital of Prague in October. Ryder had been in talks with Allen but was forced to drop out of his new project due to the conflict. Problem-plagued actor Robert Downey jnr was also forced out of the film last week when distributor Fox Searchlight declined to cover the expense of insuring the troubled star, whose ongoing problems with drugs and alcohol have been well publicised. Allen is now talking to American Pie star Jason Biggs, who also appears in the director's current film Anything Else, about replacing Downey jnr. The pair was in talks at the Venice Film Festival last week, where they are promoting Anything Else.

Trainspotting star Jonny Lee Miller signed on to the film last week and American Psycho's Chloe Sevigny is also set to appear in it.

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Miller working on Woody Allen film

29/08/2003 - 19:21:54

Jonny Lee Miller, the British actor who was once married to Angelina Jolie, is temporarily returning to America to join the cast of the new Woody Allen film.

Miller, who co-starred in Trainspotting and recently played the title role in the BBC miniseries Byron, will join Chloe Sevigny and fellow Briton Chiwetel Ejiofor in Allen’s as-yet-untitled project, which is due to shoot this autumn in New York.

The plot, as is typical of Allen’s projects, is being kept under wraps.

The film was originally to have starred Robert Downey Jr. and Winona Ryder, but both pulled out, Downey because of insurance problems and Ryder because of other commitments.

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JONNY BE GOOD

'Celibate' Angelina back with ex-hubby Miller

SHE claims to be single and insists she hasn't had sex for more than a year.But it looks like Hollywood sex-bomb Angelina Jolie is telling porkies.The Oscar-winning actress has been dating ex-husband Jonny Lee Miller on the sly for the past six months.

Her secret was revealed by an aide as the pair made their first public appearance at the after-show party for Angelina's new movie, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. "They're really sweet together," the aide told us. "They rekindled their relationship six months ago but its very hush-hush. They spend a lot of time together. "And she didn't rule out the possibility of them walking down the aisle for a second time."It's early days yet but she's got a real soft spot for him so I wouldn't be surprised. Jonny's not like the usual Hollywood men who chase Angelina. He's almost geeky. "He's very genuine and that's good for her."

Speaking at the party, 28-year-old Angelina said: "Jonny is a wonderful guy and I'm happy he's here to support me. Of course, we are close and I hope it will remain that way." Inside a cordoned-off area at the old In And Out Club in London's Piccadilly, the couple spent more than three hours giggling, touching and whispering, while pals including Sean Pertwee looked on. If they were trying to keep their romance under wraps, they were going the wrong way about it.Miller, 30, star of cult Brit flicks Trainspotting and Love, Honour And Obey, was constantly by her side, even when she was talking to other guests. But they went out of their way to avoid being photographed together and burly minders homed in on anyone they thought might be trying to take pictures. At times it seemed like Jonny's displays of affection got too much for Angelina, who, on more than one occasion, rolled her eyes and pulled away from him.

Media-shy Jonny, who was engaged to TV actress Lisa Faulkner before they split last year, was tight-lipped, saying simply: "I'm having a really good time. It's fun to be here."Whenever he felt he was being grilled, he nudged Angelina and she deflected the attention, talking endlessly about her charity work.Back in November, we revealed that Angelina, who lives in Buckinghamshire with adopted son Maddox, shared an intimate dinner with Jonny at London's Claridges hotel.

Our spies caught the couple snogging and giggling like teenagers. The couple, who met on the set of Hackers, divorced in 1999 after four years of marriage.Angelina soon discovered that her career was too important to put on the back-burner. "I wanted to commit to him," she said. "But he deserved more than I was prepared to give him."Last night, a colleague of Jonny's said: "Angelina was desperate to get hold of Jonny when she got to London but he didn't realise quite how much she wanted to see him. It took him a while to return her calls."We certainly wish them all the best.

ANGELINA JOLIE LOVES LIFE AS SINGLE MUM Jul 14 2003

IT was always a bizarre match. The tattoos, the vials of blood and the explicit sex talk all added up to a madly passionate but very mad marriage. It ended as suddenly as it had begun, when Billy Bob walked out after just two years of marriage. Now Angelina has revealed that following the split she turned to her ex-husband, British actor Jonny Lee Miller, for comfort and support.

"We have been spending time together in England," she confides. "We are very, very good friends and we will always be very close."

Now it is just like old times for Tomb Raiders star Angelina and Jonny, who met when they co-starred in film Hackers in 1995 and were instantly besotted with each other. They married the following year in a bizarre ceremony at which Angelina wore a white shirt with his name written on it in her blood. He wore a black leather outfit and they celebrated by getting tattoos - for her, the words Bravery and Death and for him, a coiled serpent. They separated the following year - mainly because Jonny had had enough of Hollywood and returned to the UK. Now Angelina says: "We never fought and we never hurt each other. I wanted to commit to him but he deserved more than I was prepared to give at that time." They were divorced in February 1999.

While Angelina went on to have an affair with actor Timothy Hutton and then married Billy Bob in May 2000, Jonny, too, had his flings. He had a high-profile relationship with All Saint Natalie Appleton and his engagement to actress Lisa Faulkner ended amid rumours that he was once again seeing Angelina Jolie. Certainly the bond between Angelina and Jonny remains strong - but she insists insists there is no chance of another marriage. "I feel sexier out of my marriage," she says. "I am much more sensual because I am not somebody else's wife. "I've found a new peace in my life. I don't think I'll ever get married again. I don't think I'm meant for marriage. We're all meant to do different things and I've found that I love to travel, I love to feel useful and I want to learn about the world and do good things."

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