Richard Gadd reveals that Baby Rena helped him deal with sexual violence

Despite Baby Reindeer (Baby Reindeer), Netflix’s new hit series, from Donny Dunn (Richard Gadd) with Martha (Jessica Gunning), the woman who chased him, one of the highlights of the production is the sexual violence committed by the producer Darrien (Tom Goodman-Hill), revealed in the fourth episode of the novelty.

In an interview with The Independent, Gadd revealed that writing Baby Reindeer helped him deal with the trauma and have more empathy with himself: “I don’t want to speak for everyone who has been sexually assaulted, but one of the most common ramifications is self-blame,” he began.

“‘Why did I go there? Why did I do this? Why this, why that.’ I lived in a prison of hate and blame [contra si mesmo]. But writing about it chronologically and processing it… I think I learned to empathize with myself a little more.”he added.

In Baby Reindeer, Richard Gadd plays the comedian Donny Dunn – a version of himself – who is desperate to fulfill his dream of making a living from his art. However, while that doesn’t happen, he works as a bartender in a London bar.

On what seemed like another ordinary day, Martha (Jessica Gunning) enters the establishment. Dunn He asks her what she would like to drink, but the woman, who introduces herself as a lawyer with great personalities, says she has no money. Compassionate the bartender offers a complimentary cup of tea, unaware that he was beginning a disturbing relationship with the woman. Watch the trailer:

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