‘Baby Reindeer’ Creator Richard Gadd Says He Went Into a ‘Very Obsessive Place’ to Write Netflix Breakout

“Baby Reindeer” creator Richard Gadd said he went to “a very obsessive place” to write the breakout Netflix hit, which is based on his own experience of being stalked.

The stalker is portrayed as a mentally unhinged woman named Martha in the series, whose every intense, mercurial demeanor is brilliantly portrayed by Jessica Gunning of Amazon’s “The Outlaws.”

The Scottish comedian said he wrote most of the adaptation of his 2019 one-man play during COVID in an unfurnished flat.