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Surprised that Johnny Lee Miller never got a real shot in Hollywood after this

posted 2 years ago by Threadkiller (3089)
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I just re-watched this for the first time in years and it got me thinking. Hackers was arguably Angelina Jolie's breakout role, as she went on to have a very successful career in the following years, yet Miller seemed to go back to doing mostly U.K. based projects for the rest of his career. I think he did a fairly decent job in this, showing potential as an up-and-coming young actor yet seemed to never get a prominent lead role in the U.S. again. I wonder if he considers his career a disappointment or rather that he exceeded his own expectations. P.S. He played Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson in the movie Trainspotting a year later which is arguably his most famous role. Did you know that?

[–] ozz969 (384) 2 years ago

I cannot speak to his expectations of his career, but altough it's not "movie" Hollywood I think he was quite successful with the TV series Elementary here in the US. His interaction with Lucy Liu during the series run was quite good.

[–] TrentnQuarantino (9443) 2 years ago

He was good in Mansfield Park, an excellent movie.
Hackers was garbage.
I remember deciding to see this movie, working in Silicon Valley at the time, and thinking it was so stupid I just got up and left and went and walked into some other forgettable BS movie.