The cast of Baby Reindeer continued to ride the wave of the show being a huge Netflix hit as they attended the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations at Linwood Dunn Theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Jessica Gunning, 38, who blew fans away with her controversial role in the Netflix series, was pictured reenacting her pose on the series poster.
She attended the event alongside co-stars Richard Gadd and Nava Mau, before another Q and A on stage.
In the show, Richard’s stalker is revealed as a Scottish woman in her 40s called Martha Scott living in Camden, played by actress Jessica, 38.
The actress had a glamorous Hollywood makeover for the trip and looked worlds away from Martha.
Jessica Gunning, 38, who blew fans away with her controversial role in the Netflix series, was pictured reenacting her pose on the Netflix’s Baby Reindeer poster
She attended the event alongside co-stars Richard Gadd and Nava Mau, before another Q and A on stage
Jessica looked lovely in a black velvet jumpsuit, while Richard, who plays show lead Donny Dunn in the real life story, rocked a beige shirt and black trousers.
The programme shows Martha’s obsession developing as she emails Donny hundreds of times a day, turning up outside his house and harassing his family and friends. It is based on Richard’s real life experience.
The trip comes after Richard says he has banned his parents from watching his unexpected Netflix smash hit.
He said he struggled to have his concerns about the woman, named Martha in the show, taken seriously by police because, he says, the idea of a man being stalked by a female admirer can be ‘trivialised’.
But while 14 million people have pored over every detail of the show, Richard’s parents in his native Fife are not among them – as the comedian has banned them from watching it and pays for their Netflix, so will know if they do.
But he says making the show with Netflix, based on two critically acclaimed shows he wrote and performed at the Edinburgh Fringe festival, was cathartic and helped him come to terms with what happened earlier in his life.
‘If people see it they will know almost everything about me. They might judge, they might not agree, and that innately comes with some degree of anxiety, but that’s what I signed up for,’ he told The Times.
He pitched the show to Netflix after combining two critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe shows, Baby Reindeer and Monkey See, Monkey Do, which addressed his stalking and sexual assault respectively.
The actress had a glamorous Hollywood makeover for the trip and looked worlds away from Martha
Jessica looked lovely in a black velvet jumpsuit
Richard, who plays show lead Donny Dunn in the real life story, rocked a beige shirt and black trousers
The trip comes after Richard says he has banned his parents from watching his unexpected Netflix smash hit
The programme shows Martha’s obsession developing as she emails Donny hundreds of times a day, turning up outside his house and harassing his family and friends
He pitched the show to Netflix after combining two critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe shows, Baby Reindeer and Monkey See, Monkey Do, which addressed his stalking and sexual assault respectively
Over a period of four-and-a-half years, the actor said he received 41,071 emails , 744 tweets, letters totalling 106 pages and 350 hours of voicemail messages.Richard told the Times police did not take his concerns seriously despite his worries about how far the real-life Martha might go in her twisted pursuits.
‘When a man gets stalked it can be portrayed in films and television as a sexy thing, like a femme fatale who gradually becomes more sinister. It doesn’t carry as much threat of physical violence, is less common and can be trivialised,’ he said.
He now says he is less likely to trust people after his adverse experiences with both men and women.
Richard concluded: ‘I used to enter situations with such abandonment, never thinking ahead and throwing my trust into people, and I got burnt. Now getting close to people can be hard.’
