The Sherlock Holmes star once began ""hating"" his hometown because of intense press intrusion, but he has since changed his mind about London.

Now, after a three-month stint in New York, Law admits he wouldn't want to live anywhere else but the British capital.

He tells The Observer, ""I went through a long period of feeling very uncomfortable in this country, in this town in particular, just feeling really harassed and chased, and really hating it...

""But I came back in 2009 from New York... and I completely fell in love with London again.""