Darren Boyd jumped at chance for serious role

Darren Boyd jumped at chance for serious role
Darren Boyd jumped at chance for serious role (Image credit: John Rogers)

Case Sensitive star Darren Boyd has revealed that he grabbed the chance to take on a more serious small screen role following a run of comedic parts. The actor has previously been seen in the likes of Kiss Me Kate and the Bafta-winning Spy - but has now returned for a second series of the ITV1 thriller with a new two-part episode beginning on July 12. "I want lots of variety. I want to have my cake and eat it too," Darren said. "When you become a bit known for one thing, in my case comedy, if you get a chance to do something that's not comedy you grab it. It's been a very conscious choice for a while to walk that line between the two." "I'm not a comedian and I don't come from a comedy background so it was very much by accident that that became my primary output." The first series of the show proved a hit with viewers, and Darren has revealed that there are "good intentions" for more to be made later this year. And as well as having the chance to work with Sixth Sense star Olivia Williams, who plays his boss the actor also said that the complex nature of his character DC Simon Waterhouse, was a big selling point when it came to starring in the show. "I found him really intriguing because he's not an alpha male," he explained. "He's socially awkward, he's got issues and I liked his restraint. On the surface not much is given away but there's stuff going underneath and the more you explore, the more you get to show."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.