Miller working on Woody Allen film

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.