Baby Reindeer Creator, Star Implore Fans to Stop ‘Quite Sad’ Online ‘Detective Work’ in Search of

The drama concerns the reallife stalking of Richard Gadd, a Scottish writer and actor who also stars in the show as Donny. Jessica Gunning plays Martha, the stalker. In the series, the characters names are pseudonyms. But some viewers have taken to social media to figure out who the characters reallife counterparts are. Eventually the fans started harassing Sean Foley, an actor/writer/director who is friends with Gadd, because they suspected he was the reallife Darrien, a character who [Spoiler Alert!] grooms and sexually assaults Donny. On Tuesday, Foley posted a note from Gadd on his X account. Hi everyone, it reads. People I love, have worked with, and admire (including Sean Foley) are unfairly getting caught up in speculation. Please dont speculate on who any of the real life people could be. Thats not the point of our show. Similarly, our sister site Deadline reports, Gunning spoke with Scotlands The Edit, calling the Internet digging which reportedly includes threats and intimidation quite sad. She added If you like the show and you are a fan of it, you should stick with the story of Martha and Donny being what connects you, not trying to do any detective work and find out any real identities.