'Elementary' star: I assured Cumberbatch it was different to Sherlock

Jonny Lee Miller has admitted that it felt "strange" discussing his Elementary role with friend Benedict Cumberbatch.

Cumberbatch plays a contemporary Sherlock Holmes in BBC series Sherlock, while Miller will play a similar role in new CBS drama Elementary.



"I wanted to assure him that it was a different enough project," Miller told reporters. "He was excited for me and he was very encouraging and we discussed it."

Miller - who will star opposite Lucy Liu (Joan Watson) in Elementary - described Holmes as "a wonderful character to play".

"[Benedict] wanted to pass a lot of that on," he explained. "We discussed that for a bit, yeah. It's a strange one."

At this year's San Diego Comic-Con, Miller insisted that Cumberbatch is "very supportive" of Elementary.

The series will premiere on September 27 on CBS.

> Elementary Comic-Con 2012 panel - in full

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