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Baby Reindeer star Richard Gadd has shared his theory for why he thinks his stalker came into the pub crying before becoming the object of her obsession.
The story retells Richard's traumatic real life experience of being stalked over the course of several years, where he was flooded with 40,000 emails, 740 tweets, 350 voicemails as well as hundreds of letters.
The hard-hitting adaptation also explores Richard's harrowing experience of past trauma with sexual abuse while trying to make his way as a struggling comedian.
The actor, 34, who also said it was 'theraputic' to relive the events during filming, spoke about the Netflix phenomenon on Wednesday's This Morning.
The seven-part series begins with Richard's character Donny Dunn working at The Heart pub in Camden, when he first meets Martha, who is based on his real stalker.
Baby Reindeer star Richard Gadd has shared his theory for why he thinks his stalker came into the pub crying before becoming the object of her obsession
The story retells Richard's traumatic real life experience of being stalked over the course of several years, where he was flooded with 40,000 emails, 740 tweets, 350 voicemails as well as hundreds of letters (pictured Jessica Gunning as Martha)
Martha, who is played by Jessica Gunning, sits down at the bar in floods of tears and is comforted by Donny who offers her a cup of tea on the house.
The act of kindness sparks an immediate fixation with Donny and Martha then begins to visit the pub every day and starts to bombard him with emails.
During his TV appearance, Richard was asked if he ever found out why Martha ever came into the pub that day in the first place.
He said he didn't, but revealed he did have a theory, saying: 'No but I questioned it all of the time. I wondered if it was the end of her stalking relationship with someone else and the start of it with me.'
Richard said that recreating his own experiences for the series gave him the ability to 'dwarf the magnetube' of his trauma by getting it out there.
He said: 'It's been the best therapy for me!'
Despite telling police about his plight, there was unfortunately not much they could do because the unwelcome communication was not 'obviously' threatening.
Using his trauma, Richard created a play called Baby Reindeer - a nickname his stalker had given him which has now been transformed into the haunting series.
