But prior to that, the reality was very different. Miller recalls the pain caused by the conjecture surrounding her love life and the bewilderment she felt as she compared the coverage she received, to that focusing on her male partners. And one incident sums up the double standards she experienced particularly well.

“The worst was [an interview with] the New York Times,” says Miller.

“I was doing my Broadway debut, and they did a profile on me and referred to my ex-fiancé [Jude Law] as a “fling.” A week later [the Times] did a profile on Jude, who also had a play on Broadway, and said he “had a three-year relationship and engagement with the actress Sienna Miller.”

“The latent sexism … the message is so clear. What they’re trying to say is that this person is frivolous and a slut, and this person I’d been engaged to and had an intense relationship with [isn’t]. It’s just disgusting. It made me angry.

I got an apology that was a centimeter long. In a publication I value as one of the most noble in the world, it was so hurtful and crushing. It’s out there; no apology will take it away. And it listed people I’d never slept with in the opening. It makes you go totally weak. It takes any power you have.”

Sienna Miller reveals courageous reason she chose to publicly sue Rupert Murdoch