Dying in Paradise viewers have been left shocked on Monday after Les Dennis regarded unrecognisable in the course of the present’s Christmas particular.
The actor, 69, reworked into mysterious psychic Danny Sheridan, donning a faux tan and dying his blonde locks black for the function.
The festive instalment noticed Ralf Little return as Detective Inspector Neville Parker to research the homicide of a podcaster, with Les as prime suspect.
Shock: Dying in Paradise viewers have been left shocked on Monday after Les Dennis, 69, regarded unrecognisable (left) in the course of the present’s Christmas particular (proper, pictured in 2021)
Sharing their shock, one viewer took to Twitter to ask: ‘Flipping heck is that Les Dennis?’
Whereas one other fan wrote: ‘Been sitting there watching Dying In Paradise particular saying to myself I do know that man, took me 50 minutes to work out I am fairly certain it is Les Dennis! I must be higher!’
And a 3rd mentioned: ‘Final night time watched Dying in Paradise @LesDennis was unrecognisable as Scouse psychic grifter! Notably loved the hair dye.’
Who? The actor, 69, reworked into mysterious psychic Danny Sheridan, donning a faux tan and dying his blonde locks black for the function
Extra went on to say: ‘Blimey that is Les Dennis!’ and ‘Breathtaking efficiency, they might as properly give Les Dennis the Bafta now’.
After posting a snap of himself in character to social media, Les spoke in regards to the early fan response to his uncommon look.
He advised press forward of the published: ‘I used to be actually stunned by it. In the mean time, I’ve bought a full ‘tache for Granddad in Solely Fools and Horses.’
Cannot consider it: Viewers took to Twitter of their droves unable to consider the transformation
‘So at any time when I play a special character, I’ll generally change the way in which I look. However I suppose it was the black hair of Danny Sheridan…form of deranged Jack Nicholson, I believe, how are you going to get extra deranged than Jack Nicholson anyway?
‘I used to be happy with that, as a result of it implies that I am inhabiting a job, they usually’re to see who that character is.
‘However there was extra to it than simply dying his hair and layering on loads of faux tan – he needed to be cautious to not sweat it off below the blazing Guadelope solar, the backdrop of the present’s fictional St. Marie island.
Deranged: Les mentioned that he needed his character to be a ‘derange Jack Nicholson’
Response: Talking in regards to the response he mentioned: ‘I used to be actually stunned by it. In the mean time, I’ve bought a full ‘tache for Granddad in Solely Fools and Horses’ (pictured)
‘It was [a lot of maintenance], I did not have a hair dye that was everlasting. They’d do it within the morning. So I might must be in make-up for about an hour and a half.’
He continued: ‘And actually, once I completed the tip of the day, I must go and bathe that out as a result of it was very darkish. I do not know what they have been utilizing, it was difficult to get out each night time!
‘I liked the truth that at first, I did not realise they have been going to make my character look so completely different. On the primary day I used to be pondering, ‘is that this proper?’ After I noticed what they did, the make-up division have been simply good.. That is Danny Sherid.’
Difficult: Blonde Les mentioned of the hair dye: ”It was [a lot of maintenance], I did not have a hair dye that was everlasting. They’d do it within the morning. So I might must be in make-up for about an hour and a half’