But while the BBC crime drama's relaunch was largely well received by critics and fans alike, O'Donnell didn't have the benefit of a crystal ball when it was first announced.
But her panic quickly dissipated when she watched the season 8 premiere.
"And I always knew that there would be the dissenting voices, but I think there was far less of that than there could have been."
"He [Henshall] did it for seven years, and you grow to love a character. Then it’s a bit like ripping the rug away from someone and going, 'Deal with this,'" she added. "Of course you're going to get people [who aren't keen on the newcomer], and that's perfectly normal."
"What's nice for me is when a drunk man in a pub in Glasgow or Shetland comes up to me and goes, 'I wasn’t sure about you, but I quite like you now.'
"I'll take that."
"Calder's super-objective for the whole of the first series was, 'I want to get the hell away from here,'" she explained. "She was never Billy Big Boots, going, 'I've come to take over, I'm the new DI.' Everyone would have been like, 'Who are you?' And I think the audience would have done that. But instead, it led them in, it teased them in a wee bit more.
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"The body of the retired social worker Eadie Tulloch has been out in the elements for a number of days... suspecting the residents are holding back about their relationships with Eadie, Calder and Tosh begin to unravel a complicated web of lies.
Shetland season 10 started airing at 9pm on Wednesday 5th November on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Seasons 1-9 are available to stream on iPlayer now. Ann Cleeves's Shetland novels are available to buy.
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