Lucy Davis has revealed she was turned down for a role despite being told by casting directors they wanted an actor “just like” the character she played in The Office.
“It was only when I got to the audition that I was told that they wanted an actress ‘just like Dawn from The Office‘.
“We had a blast doing it but we all naturally fell apart, went our separate ways.”
Davis played the role of Dawn Tinsley in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s BBC sitcom across its two six-episode series, which first aired in July 2001, and two Christmas specials.