Beyond Paradise star eyes up Strictly Come Dancing winner for guest appearance
Actress Zahra Ahmadi has shared her take on who she would love to make a guest appearance in the BBC show, Beyond Paradise
Beyond Paradise actress Zahra Ahmadi has revealed who she would love to star in the popular BBC spin-off.
The 43-year-old star recently returned to screens last week, reprising her role as DS Esther Williams in the detective drama alongside actor Kris Marshall.
The popular D.e.a.t.h In Paradise spin-off received a warm welcome from fans as Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) tried to uncover the truth behind another murder while navigating life after leaving the tropical Saint Marie.
As the show is known for having a number of familiar faces make an appearance in the drama, actress Zahra was asked whether she would love anyone in particular to make a guest appearance.
She told the BBC: “It would be Chris McCausland. I thought he was amazing on Strictly and I recently watched his Christmas special with Lee Mack. He’s a fantastic comedian, human being and actor. He’d be brilliant in an episode.”
Chris stole the nation’s hearts last year when he was crowned the first blind winner of Strictly Come Dancing alongside Dianne Buswell.
The comedian previously told BBC Radio 4: “I think there are low expectations of people with disabilities – sometimes you’ll come down a set of steps into a taxi and people say, ‘Wow, how did you do that?'”
The news comes after Zahra revealed her fear of starring as Esther in Beyond Paradise. Talking on The One Show recently, the star admitted that she had an integral part in a previous episode of D.e.a.t.h in Paradise.
She said: “The issue was that not only was I in an episode of D.e.a.t.h in Paradise, but I died very, very much, died in the episode. So the further along in the audition process I got, the more fearful I got that I was going to get caught out.
“And I remember when we had our chemistry read, I walked into the room, and I was thinking, ‘Please, no one notice. Please. No one say anything.’
“And the first thing Tim Key, our executive producer said to me was, ‘You were in an episode of D.e.a.t.h in Paradise, weren’t you?’ And I said, ‘Yes. Is that a problem?’ and he went ‘No.’ So I went ahhhh. And it was alright.”
Beyond Paradise airs Fridays at 8pm on BBC One.
