Gadd and Jamie Bell are so frank they\u2019re almost feral in a show so violent you\u2019ll think you can taste blood in your mouth. This man can hit a nerve like no other <\/p>\n
Part of the thrill of Baby Reindeer was the feeling of watching the birth of a monster. Comedians starring in their first scripted drama tend to base their characters gently on themselves, prodding at their own foibles without doing proper damage \u2013 but Richard Gadd set fire to that safety net by dramatising his own experience of being stalked, along with other, even darker moments of victimhood, with an honesty that was transgressive.<\/p>\n
On screen and in his old real life, the helpless Gadd\u2019s unhinged admirer Martha (Jessica Gunning) pursued him unstoppably, like the fiend in a horror movie; once Baby Reindeer\u2019s word-of-mouth popularity exploded and Gadd won major awards for playing himself at his most vulnerable, though, his success made him one of the most powerful creators in television. That queasy disconnect was fascinating. The prospect of watching a new Richard Gadd show\u00a0is exciting, of course. It\u2019s also\u00a0a bit frightening.<\/p>\n
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