Shyko Amos has appealed to 'Death in Paradise' fans to give her a chance after some vowed to switch off because she replaced Danny John-Jules on the drama.
Shyko Amos as Ruby Patterson
The 'A Very English Scandal' actress has thanked the 58-year-old actor - who played police officer Dwayne Myers - for helping her land the role of Ruby Patterson on the show, but admits she has come under fire from some of the programme's fanbase who admitted they only tune in to see the 'Red Dwarf' star.
Shyko - who will make her 'Death in Paradise' debut on Thursday (17.01.19) - told Series Linked podcast: "It feels, honestly I just think it's an honour. He's been so magic on the show, and I actually have said that, he's been brilliant, and for me, who's a newbie, to step into his shoes, that's great.
"He set it up for me, so thank you Danny. I was nervous, I can't pretend I wasn't, because everyone on social media does always tell me, 'We miss Danny.'
"Or you get the ones, the ones of you out there that are like, 'Well, I'm only watching it for him'. And they're not even going to give me a chance.
"Give me a chance!
"On the one hand it was daunting, but on the other hand, I just thought, well, I'm completely different so it's a chance for me to just do something different and I really hope that you guys will like it."
Shyko enjoyed filming the BBC series in Guadeloupe at first, but admitted the heat began "taking a lot out" of her.
She added: "I think for about the first month, I was like, 'Yeah, I'm cool with this. This is heat, this is wonderful, this is everything I could have imagined.'
"And then you just get to this point where, once you've been under those lights and you've got the police uniform on, you're just like, wow, it's really hot, it's taking a lot out of me.
"And when you've been on set all day, that really is an impediment, I think, that you have to get your head around.
"So the heat and the mosquitoes are the things that I remember."
Danny announced last April he was departing 'Death in Paradise', admitting he needed more "razzmatazz", and he later joined 'Strictly Come Dancing'.