VAN DER VALK
SUNDAY, 8PM, ITV1 DRAMA
There’s a buzz of excitement in the air when TV Times joins Van Der Valk’s lovely new recruits Django Chan-Reeves and Azan Ahmed for an exclusive video interview.
The pair made their first appearances in the popular Amsterdam-set ITV1 crime drama, which stars Marc Warren and Maimie McCoy as brooding Commissaris Piet Van Der Valk and his cool colleague Inspector Lucienne Hassell, when it returned to our screens last week for a third outing. And for both actors, it marks their biggest job to date.
‘It was exciting but scary when I found out I’d got the role,’ smiles Azan, who plays intuitive but impulsive Sergeant Eddie Suleman. ‘I initially had a lot of imposter syndrome, but it soon felt like joining a family.’
Django, who portrays smart cookie Sergeant Citra Li, couldn’t agree more. ‘For me, the experience reflected that of Citra’s,’ she says. ‘You’re the new person coming into an established team, so there were a lot of parallels to draw on that helped with the role.’
Here, Django, 30, and Azan, 26, tell us why it’s proving a dream gig…
Did you have chance to meet the show’s returning cast members before you started filming?
DJANGO Yes, we went out for a meal in London with everyone as well as the writer, Chris Murray. That’s where Azan and I met for the first time, too.
Diese Geschichte stammt aus der June 24, 2023-Ausgabe von TV Times.
Starten Sie Ihre 7-tägige kostenlose Testversion von Magzter GOLD, um auf Tausende kuratierte Premium-Storys sowie über 8.000 Zeitschriften und Zeitungen zuzugreifen.
Bereits Abonnent ? Anmelden
Diese Geschichte stammt aus der June 24, 2023-Ausgabe von TV Times.
Starten Sie Ihre 7-tägige kostenlose Testversion von Magzter GOLD, um auf Tausende kuratierte Premium-Storys sowie über 8.000 Zeitschriften und Zeitungen zuzugreifen.
Bereits Abonnent? Anmelden
Iknow the TRUTH!
Suki's horrified when Nish rumbles The Six's big secret
TOGETHER at last
Chas and Liam decide to give things a go.... but how do they tell Ella?
Your nephew is EVIL
Nicola cottons on to the truth about Tom
Jean's AGONY
She's burdened with guilt after calling social services about Tommy
Love and...MARRIAGE?
Jesse has a big announcement for the Platts, while there's romance in store for some other Weatherfield residents
Lisa the ACCUSED
Betsy fears her mum murdered Joel when she spots her covered in bruises
Autumn FARE
PAUL HOLLYWOOD and DAME PRUE LEITH on why they're rooting for vegetables...
Life after PARADISE
TAHJ MILES talks moving on from Marlon to play Lennie James' grandson
PUPPY love!
Guide Dogs' puppydevelopment adviser GEORGINA WINGHAM tells TV Times all about Alan Titchmarsh's new canine co-star, Titch D
Be afraid, be very AFRAID!
ANITA DOBSON, ROBERT LINDSAY and SUE JOHNSTON on playing pensioners with an appetite for destruction