BABY REINDEER - Interview with Richard Gadd, Jessica Gunning & Nava Mau
BABY REINDEER interview Featuring a Q+A with Richard Gadd (Creator, Executive Producer, Writer, “Donny”), Jessica Gunning (“Martha”) and Nava Mau (“Teri”). Baby Reindeer screening and interview took place at the Netflix Tutum Theater in Hollywood, CA. Starring Richard Gadd, Jessica Gunning, Nava Mau and Created by Richard Gadd
ABOUT BABY REINDEER- When a struggling comedian shows one act of kindness to a vulnerable woman, it sparks a suffocating obsession which threatens to wreck both their lives.Based on the award-winning and hit Edinburgh Fringe one-man play, Baby Reindeer follows struggling comedian Donny Dunn’s (Richard Gadd) warped relationship with his female stalker and the impact it has on him as he is ultimately forced to face a deeply buried trauma. This compelling, darkly funny drama also stars Jessica Gunning as Martha, Nava Mau as Teri and Tom Goodman-Hill as Darrien.
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Baby Reindeer
Genre
Black comedy
Drama
Psychological thriller
Created by Richard Gadd
Based on Baby Reindeer
by Richard Gadd
Written by Richard Gadd
Directed by
Weronika Tofilska
Josephine Bornebusch
Starring
Richard Gadd
Jessica Gunning
Nava Mau
Tom Goodman-Hill
Music by
Evgueni Galperine
Sacha Galperine
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 7
Production
Executive producers
Richard Gadd
Wim De Greef
Petra Fried
Matt Jarvis
Ed Macdonald
Producer Matthew Mulot
Production locations
Edinburgh
London
Running time 27–45 minutes
Production company Clerkenwell Films
Original release
Network Netflix
Release 11 April 2024
Baby Reindeer is a British black comedy-drama thriller television miniseries created by and starring Richard Gadd, adapted from his autobiographical one-man show.[1][2] Directed by Weronika Tofilska and Josephine Bornebusch, it also stars Jessica Gunning, Nava Mau and Tom Goodman-Hill. The miniseries was released on April 11, 2024 on Netflix, where it had a strong viewership and received critical acclaim.
Baby Reindeer was nominated for 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning six, including: Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series, Outstanding Writing for Gadd, Outstanding Lead Actor for Gadd, and Outstanding Supporting Actress for Gunning.
Plot
Aspiring comedian Donny Dunn works as a bartender in a London pub. He offers a cup of tea to a customer, Martha, to cheer her up. Martha develops an attachment to Donny and begins to stalk him both in person and online. Years earlier, Donny is being mentored by TV writer Darrien O'Connor, who supplies him with drugs. The latter repeatedly sexually assaults and rapes Donny during drug-induced blackouts, until they break off contact. In the present, Donny reports Martha to the police for stalking, violence and threatening his parents. She is arrested and spends nine months in prison. Darrien and Donny meet again. Darrien suggests a renewal of their collaboration. Donny reluctantly agrees.
Cast and characters
Main
Richard Gadd as Donny Dunn, a character based upon Gadd
Jessica Gunning as Martha Scott, a former lawyer with a criminal past
Nava Mau as Teresa "Teri", a transgender American therapist Donny meets on a dating site
Tom Goodman-Hill[a] as Darrien O'Connor, a television writer
Recurring
Nina Sosanya as Liz, Keeley's mother and Donny's landlady
Michael Wildman as Greggsy, owner of the pub Donny works in
Danny Kirrane as Gino, Donny's co-worker
Thomas Coombes as Officer Daniels, an incompetent police officer
Shalom Brune-Franklin as Keeley, Donny's ex-girlfriend
Guest
Tom Durant Pritchard as Jason, host of a comedy competition
Laura Smyth as Glenda, M.C. of the comedy competition
Will Hislop as Billy, a fellow comedian
Amanda Root as Elle, Donny's mother
Mark Lewis Jones as Gerry, Donny's father
Hugh Coles as Francis, Donny's friend from drama school
Josh Finan as Diggsy, a new employee at the pub
Alexandria Riley as Detective Culver, the detective assigned to Donny's case
Development and casting
Nava Mau
The series was announced in December 2020, with Richard Gadd set to write the series and star. Richard Gadd was cast alongside the series announcement. Jessica Gunning was cast on 26 August 2022. Nava Mau was announced as a cast member in March 2023.
Filming
The Stag's Head, Hoxton served as the exterior of the Heart pub
Filming began in mid-August 2022 in the Grassmarket, Edinburgh,[8][6] and continued in London in September.[9]
Among the filming locations in London were the Stag's Head pub in Hoxton, which was used for exterior scenes at the Heart pub, the Regent's Canal in Haggerston, and the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. Donny's stand-up comedy shows were filmed at Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, the Rivoli Ballroom in Brockley and The Comedy Store in Leicester Square. Darrien's apartment was filmed inside Marsham Court in Victoria.
