Robson Green has candidly reflected on his battle with alcohol and drugs for the first time.
The Grantchester star, 56, shot to fame after starring in series Soldier Soldier when he was just 26 years old.
Speaking ahead of his new show Robson and Jim’s Icelandic Fishing Adventure, the actor detailed how at the time he was ‘losing touch with what mattered in life’.
‘I was losing touch with what mattered in life’: Grantchester star Robson Green has revealed his secret struggle with alcohol and drugs after finding fame at 26
Speaking to The Mirror, he said: ‘I was just 26 years old when real fame came knocking at my door with a drama called Soldier Soldier watched by 21 million people… I started having real problems with fame and alcohol and drugs.’
And although enjoying the ‘recognition and parties’ that came with his stardom, Robson admitted he wasn’t happy and was ‘losing touch with what mattered in life’.
Explaining how he turned things around, Robson said after his miner father asked if he was happy he knew he wasn’t satisfied with life and went to therapy.
He said: ‘Dad goes ‘Are you happy?’, and I went ‘Yeah,’ but deep down I knew I wasn’t and I realised I didn’t have anything. Because all I was doing in my life was acting.’
One to watch: The Grantchester star shot to fame after starring in the ITV army drama series Soldier Soldier when he was just 26 years old.
After speaking with a therapist Robson rediscovered his love for fishing, something which he says was a ‘turning point’ for him.
The star revealed: ‘Getting back into fishing was a turning point for me… I’ve learnt so much from fishing and found an inner peace that was missing.’
Robson found fame in the Nineties with ITV drama Soldier Soldier, which featured the daily lives of a group of soldiers in a fictional British Army infantry regiment after the Cold War.
Candid: Although enjoying the ‘recognition and parties’ that came with his stardom, Robson admitted he wasn’t happy and was ‘losing touch with what mattered in life’
He formed the band Robson & Jerome with his co-star Jerome Flynn and the pair bagged a No 1 hit singing Unchained Melody.
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The actor is currently starring in ITV crime series Grantchester and is in a relationship with partner Zoila Short.
The actor has had a colourful love life. His first marriage was to Alison Ogilvie, an occupational therapist, in 1991.
It ended eight years later after he was reportedly found to have been having a four-year affair with Pamela McDonald, who was married to Emmerdale actor Ian Sharrock.
Cute couple: The actor is currently starring in ITV crime series Grantchester and is in a relationship with partner Zoila Short (pictured in 2019)
In 2001 Green married former Page 3 model Vanya Seager. That marriage ended in divorce in 2013 after the pair had not lived together for two years.
It is thought he then dated air hostess Stephanie Short after meeting her on a plane where she was part of the cabin crew.
In 2016, he met his current partner Zoila – a Sunday school teacher – at a gym in Newcastle while she was married to the Reverend Geoffrey Short.
After their relationship was made public, Reverend Short was said to have told his congregation at St Columba’s Church in the village of Wideopen of his heartache and to have said it led him to question his faith.
Robson currently stars in ITV drama Grantchester playing Detective Inspector Geordie Keating, who investigates crime alongside local Reverend Will Davenport, played by Tom Brittney.
The new series of Grantchester started filming in the Cambridgeshire village of the same name last autumn and is expected to air in the coming months.
Tessa Peake-Jones is expected to return as Miss Chapman and Al Weaver will once again play Leonard Finch, while Kacey Ainsworth (Cathy Keating), Oliver Dimsdale (Daniel Marlowe) and Nick Brimble (Jack Chapman) will also reprise their roles .
ITV have also confirmed a number of special guest stars for the series, including Jemma Redgrave, Gary Beadle, Dominic Mafham, Rachael Stirling and Rebecca Front.
The new instalments will be set in 1958, with the unlikely crime-fighting duo solving yet more cases.
One to watch: Robson stars in ITV drama Grantchester playing Detective Inspector Geordie Keating, who investigates crime alongside Reverend Will Davenport, played by Tom Brittney
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