Kris Marshall needs all 5 lead detectives from ‘Dying in Paradise’ to reunite on-screen.
The 51-year-old star joined the hit BBC One comedy-drama present – which is shot within the Guadeloupe Islands – in January 2014 for its third sequence as Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman, who took over from murdered Richard Poole (Ben Miller).
Since his exit throughout season six when his character selected to begin a brand new life with Martha Lloyd (Sally Bretton) in London, actors Ardal O’Hanlon, Ralf Little and Don Gilet – the present lead star – have all taken on the highest function, however Kris’ has admitted there may be not a detective group chat.
He instructed Radio Occasions journal: “There isn’t any WhatsApp group, however I’d love some form of reunion the place all 5 of us meet up on-screen.”
Kris is reprising his function as DI Goodman within the third season of the hit present’s spin-off ‘Past Paradise’, which begins airing on March 28.
It sees him take up the identical function that he did on the fictional tropical island of Saint Marie, however now in Shipton Abbott, Devon, the house of his fiancee Martha.
Talking about taking pictures the present in England, Kris stated: “We exist in a world with so many unknowns, so to have a job the place we get to movie in a location like this… it is joyous!
“Plus, I am a coastal particular person, so dwelling down right here for 5 months of the 12 months is a delight.”
Kris teased the brand new sequence will permit viewers to get extra of an understanding of Humphrey and Martha’s residence lives, however his alter ego is retaining his “oddities”.
The star, who began filming the principle present – which is 14th season involves an finish on Friday, March 28 – when he was 40, revealed: “We be taught extra about Humphrey and Martha’s residence lives.
“Additionally, I began filming ‘Dying in Paradise’ 11 years in the past. I am now in my early ’50s.
“We retain a component of Humphrey’s oddities – I by no means need to lose them – however I am all the time pondering and firing off new concepts to Tony [Jordan, the series creator].”
Requested how a lot Humphrey is in him, Kris stated: “Properly, there’s a component of the tall, posh man. I am tall however not that posh in actuality.
“There is a component of present on the fringes of every little thing about him that is undoubtedly me.
“He is blissful to tread his personal path with out apologising an excessive amount of. Plus, there are elements of an outdated uncle I had and likewise simply folks I see on the street.”
