Kris Marshall has revealed he often receives a 'dressing down' from the bosses of BBC's Beyond Paradise for accidentally dropping spoilers. The 52-year-old actor, who reprises his role as DI Humphrey Goodman in the fourth series starting tonight (March 27), admitted on the TV Reload podcast that he frequently lands in hot water over revealing plot details.
Marshall said: 'I get into trouble about it all the time, honestly, I’ve had so many dressings down behind closed doors with the amount of spoilers I’m dropping. I need more media training or something.' The actor first played Goodman in Death in Paradise, taking over from Ben Miller, before the character moved to the spin-off set in Devon and Cornwall.
Filming Beyond Paradise involves a gruelling schedule of 70 hours a week for 23 weeks. Despite being closer to home than the Caribbean-based Death in Paradise, Marshall said he can be away from his family for four to five months. He manages to return home every other weekend, renting the same village property near the set.
Marshall told the Mirror: 'Actually, I love it. I get the beauty of seeing my family every other weekend, but then I also get the solitude I enjoy at the end of a really hard working week.' He added that the coastal location helps his mental health, saying: 'Every morning before work, I’m in the sea. I’m in the sea after work. I go hiking up on the Moors.'
The actor, who grew up surfing in the area, acknowledged the region's contrasts: 'While it looks and is bucolic and lovely, it’s also quite hard work. I use Devon and Cornwall to keep my mental health stable.'
