Baby Reindeer stars on how their new Netflix thriller is unlike anything else
Richard Gadd and Nava Mau speak exclusively with GAY TIMES about Baby Reindeer’s trailblazing portrayal of sexual abuse and the trans experience.
Warning: major spoilers ahead. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN Richard Gadd is, understandably, quite nervous.
This week sees the release of his Netflix series Baby Reindeer, a “comedic psychological thriller” (as he describes it) based on his acclaimed one-man play and Edinburgh Fringe hit of the same name that dramatises the queer comedian’s harrowing true experience of being stalked by a middle-aged woman named Martha (Jessica Gunning). “What’s the subscriber count for Netflix now, 260 million worldwide?
I’m not saying all of them will watch it, but there’s a certain degree of anxiety!” he laughs. Deeply horrifying, and at times, deeply hilarious, Baby Reindeer tackles some incredibly delicate themes, from sexual abuse to violence and substance abuse.
