Creator of ‘Baby Reindeer’ is irritated by fans’ insistence on finding out the real story of the series

Richard Gadd, protagonist of the most watched series on Netflix, asks fans to respect the fictional nature of the program, which portrays his own experience with stalking

Richard Gaddwriter and protagonist of the series Baby Reindeerthe most-watched on Netflix, asked fans to stop speculating about the characters’ real identities.

“Please do not speculate about who any of the real people could be. That is not the point of our show,” he wrote on social media.

Baby Reindeerbased on a personal traumatic experience of Gaddportrays the chase in a realistic and human way, avoiding clichés and highlighting the emotional complexities of the characters involved.

The starting point was an act of kindness by Richard, when he was working as a bartender, when he offered a cup of tea to a cash-strapped customer, and faced four years of harassment. The series, co-starring Jessica Gunning, who plays Martha, the stalker, presents the characters in a nuanced way, moving away from the traditional dualism of victim and aggressor.

Mixing comedy, suspense and drama, Baby Reindeer seeks to unravel the phenomenon of stalking, revealing its deep layers and the psychological impact on those involved, showing the complex reality behind cases of persistent harassment.

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