Now the internet is just as obsessed with uncovering the true story that inspired the show, including the real people behind its characters. The limited series chronicles as Gadds Donny Dunn goes through a harrowing journey after interactions with his stalker Martha (Jessica Gunning) grow more tense, as layers from his past including his experience being sexually assaulted by a comedy writer he considered his mentor provide context for his own unpredictable behavior toward his tormenter. The show has been a surprise hit for Netflix, becoming the mostwatched English TV title in its second week of release with 13.3 million views, up an impressive 411.5% from its initial viewership of 2.2 million in its first four days. The project is only gaining notoriety as word spreads of its intricate storytelling and true crimetinged premise. Tom GoodmanHill as Darrien in Baby Reindeer (Netflix) Gadd first dramatized the bizarre events in a solo play that was also called Baby Reindeer, the nickname his stalker gave him. The show has been only lightly fictionalized, Gadd told The in 2019 when he staged his play in Edinburgh. The skeleton of the story is absolutely true. After articles speculated that actor, writer and director Sean Foley is the inspiration for the character of Darrien, an older male writer who sexually assaulted Gadd in real life, Gadd asked followers on Instagram to give up the search. People I love, have worked with, and admire (including Sean Foley) are unfairly getting caught up in speculation, Gadd wrote on his Instagram story on Monday. Please dont speculate on who any of the reallife people could be. Thats not the point of our show. Metro UK reports that Foley has been subjected to defamatory, abusive and threatening online posts after he was wrongly accused of being Darrien, and that police are now investigating. The character is played by Tom GoodmanHill, who does resemble the redhaired Foley somewhat, which has only further fueled online speculation. Is there a real Martha? Gadd has not shared the name of the real Martha and has stated that the real person doesnt look like the actress who portrays, Jessica Gunning, although fans think they have located the real Martha online. Weve gone to such great lengths to disguise her to the point that I dont think she would recognize herself, he told GQ. The unpredictable Martha fixates on the comedian who is called Donny Dunn in the series after she comes into the pub where he works and he gives her a cup of tea on the house, after she says she cant afford anything. In the Netflix series, Martha is eventually charged with three counts of stalking and harassment. She pleads guilty and receives nine months in prison and a fiveyear restraining order from contacting Donny. In real life, Gadd has not elaborated on his stalkers fate, only that the situation with her has been resolved. He told the of London, I had mixed feelings about it I didnt want to throw someone who was that level of mentally unwell in prison. In 2019, Gadd said that he had not heard from his stalker despite the publicity around the play. I have to admit that it hasnt [caused her to start stalking again], he told The . Maybe seeing this in the press has made her think twice about her behavior. Are the texts and emails in the show real? Gadd told Netflix he received 41,071 emails, 744 tweets, 46 Facebook messages, and 106 pages of letters from his stalker, who also left 350 hours of voicemail messages after getting his phone number. We see Dunn getting besieged with messages in the series, but its not clear if producers used the real texts and emails Gadd received in real life, though many viewers are assuming they are real.
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