{"id":74077,"date":"2025-05-12T15:12:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=74077"},"modified":"2025-05-31T15:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T19:14:12","slug":"richard-gadd-opened-up-about-the-challenges-he-faced-after-netflixs-baby-reindeer-skyrocketed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/richard-gadd-opened-up-about-the-challenges-he-faced-after-netflixs-baby-reindeer-skyrocketed\/74077\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Gadd opened up about the challenges he faced after Netflix\u2019s Baby Reindeer skyrocketed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"305\">After <em data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"114\">Baby Reindeer<\/em> hit the screens, it quickly became one of the most popular and talked-about shows online. But this sudden fame brought a lot of intense pressure on the show\u2019s creator and star, Richard Gadd.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"307\" data-end=\"570\">In a recent interview with <em data-start=\"334\" data-end=\"348\">The Guardian<\/em>, Gadd opened up about how overwhelming the experience has been. He described going through some really tough times, saying the pressure reached an \u201cintolerable\u201d level and compared it to a hurricane. It\u2019s been a wild ride.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"734\">Gadd explained that he hasn\u2019t yet had a chance to fully reflect on everything because he feels \u201cvery squeezed\u201d and needs some real downtime to get grounded again.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"736\" data-end=\"1154\">A big part of the stress came from the show blowing up so quickly. Gadd shared that <em data-start=\"820\" data-end=\"835\">Baby Reindeer<\/em> was released on a Thursday, and by Sunday, people were already knocking on his door asking for autographs! That\u2019s a huge change from his early days as an arthouse comedian, where he performed for just a handful of people every night. Now, even simple things like going to the supermarket come with \u201ca million caveats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1156\" data-end=\"1424\">For those who haven\u2019t watched the show yet, <em data-start=\"1200\" data-end=\"1215\">Baby Reindeer<\/em> follows Donny (played by Gadd), who struggles with a twisted relationship with a female stalker. The story dives deep into how this affects him, eventually forcing him to confront some painful, buried trauma.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1426\" data-end=\"1560\">Looking ahead, Richard Gadd is working on a new project called <em data-start=\"1489\" data-end=\"1499\">Half Man<\/em>, a six-part drama set to be released on HBO and BBC in 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1651\">In the meantime, fans and newcomers alike can catch <em data-start=\"1614\" data-end=\"1629\">Baby Reindeer<\/em> streaming on Netflix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Baby Reindeer hit the screens, it quickly became one of the most popular and talked-about shows online. But this\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":74078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[13869],"class_list":["post-74077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-richard-gadd"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}