United Kingdom, April 22 -- Damian Lewis is trying to live life to the full following the death of his wife Helen McCrory.

The 54-year-old actor was married to 'Peaky Blinders' star Helen from 2007 until she passed away after a battle with breast cancer at the age of 52 in 2021, and the 'Wolf Hall' star has now explained he is getting through the grief with a "manic defence" approach.

He told the Daily Mail's Eden Confidential column: "There's a well-known psychological state in grief, or post any sort of trauma, which is called the manic defence.

"I have the manic defence in a very pronounced way, which is that you affirm life.

"So in amongst the inevitable days of being in a heap on the floor bawling your eyes out, there is your man...