BBC Death in Paradise’s Danny John-Jules has admitted he “annoyed” cast members with surprise antics while filming. Danny, who plays Officer Dwayne Myers, will make his return on the BBC drama for its Christmas Special on Sunday (December 22).
Ahead of his return, John-Jules revealed the one thing that annoyed his co-stars when he arrived on set seven years ago. He expressed: “It’s pretty much like walking out your front door for me. I first went there fourteen years ago, and I filmed seven series. After seven years, it was pretty much like being at home.
“I used to annoy everyone because I could speak the local language. The mayor went crazy because when she first spoke to me, I was speaking in English. So she couldn’t understand how I was born in England but could speak Creole. She nearly fell over!”
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John-Jules added: “I first worked with Ram John Holder in 1985 in a musical at the Donmar Warehouse. He’d always been a big inspiration of mine. He’s an actor, singer… He’s just one of those guys. And he’s 90?! It’s like getting to work with Laurence Olivier.”
Don Gilet has spoken candidly about what attracted him to the leading role he had been “craving” for years. The 57-year-old will make his first appearance as Detective Inspector Mervin Wilson in a feature-length Christmas debut following the end Ralf Little’s reign on the show.
“I was drawn in by how they managed to balance the seriousness and gravity of a crime show – because there are murders! – with the quirkiness from the character’s perspective,” he explained. Gilet added: “There are comedies and there are detective shows; they’d managed to combine those two things.”
As soon as he began watch the show, the former EastEnders actor found himself declaring: “This is really doing it!
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