The London Eye with Lucy Davis

We chat to the 40-year-old star of The Office and Shaun Of The Dead about divorce, LA living and her obsession with Monster Munch.

Lucy keeps an Eye on London

Where The EDF Energy London Eye

So Lucy, is this your first time on the London eye?

It is, believe it or not. I?m actually quite excited. I lived in London for about 13 years, but for some reason, when you live here you don?t do the tourist things.

You?re based in LA now, but when you come back to Britain what?s the first thing you do?

Buy Monster Munch ? I can?t get them in LA. But I like the life that I have in LA, although it?s not one long round of parties with Brad and Leonardo!

You?ve had a tough few years (Lucy divorced husband, actor Owain Yeoman, 34, in October 2011). Did you consider moving home?

No. I stayed in LA because I like being there and I feel comfortable, secure and happy. I have some very good friends and I couldn?t have got through it without them. You have a choice when it happens ? you decide whether to just suffer or make sure something good comes out of it. And usually it does.

So are you stronger now??

Lucy with her ex Owain

Yes, I am. The divorce is through now. People don?t know why our marriage ended, so they guess. I?ve largely taken the brunt of that, but I really don?t think it?s my right to clear my name to the detriment of someone else. So if I?m going to be blamed then I?m at peace with that. I?ll let that be.

In your latest movie Some?Guy?Who Kills People, you date a man recently released from an asylum.?What?s your type in real life?

I don?t have a type. I?ve never fancied someone on first meeting them. I can really like someone at first sight, but it takes me a while to get to know them, and looks don?t come into it. I?ve dated very different-looking people.

It?s 10 years since The Office. If Ricky Gervais wrote another Christmas special, would you be interested in starring in it?

I?m quite sure I would, if nothing else than for the experience, as it was lovely.

Have you stayed in touch with Ricky and the others?

I haven?t seen Ricky for a long, long time. No bad reason, we just don?t see each other. I see Stephen Merchant quite a bit ? he?s lovely ? and I bumped into Martin Freeman on the plane over here as he?d just been to the Emmys.

You?re looking great! Are your previous issues with weight behind you now?

I?ve been on every diet there is, but I don?t diet and I don?t weigh myself any more. I get criticised for being too fat or too thin, but it doesn?t p**s me off now.

Where would you like to be in five years time?

The answer is? happy. We grow up thinking: ?I?d like to be really successful.? Or: ?I?d like to be married with children and a house like this.?

Do you not want those things?

If I start saying: ?I?ll only be happy when specific things happen,? they?ll end up not happening.?Happiness can?t be pursued; it must ensue.

• Some Guy Who Kills People (15) is out now on DVD and Blu-ray.

The damage

New tattoos Lucy?s had post-divorce?2

Number of times she gave us the ?Dawn from The Office? puppy-dog eyes 4

Number of times we were dazzled by her diamond-white teeth Dozens

Words: Nick McGrath Photography: Ian Dewsbury, Getty Images

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Source: http://fabulousmag.co.uk/2013/01/13/the-london-eye-with-lucy-davis/

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