London. Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer” series about a stalker is said to be based on a true story. The “original” now wants to act against this.
The controversial British psychological miniseries “Baby reindeer“By Scottish comedian Richard Gadd (35) it is now one of the ten most successful English-language series of all time. Streaming service Netflix announced this on Tuesday night.
The dark and humorous miniseries with the original title “Baby Reindeer” tells the story of a man who is… Stalker is persecuted. The story is said to be based on real events in Gadd’s life.
The real “Marta” recognizes herself in the figure
It was recently announced that a woman who recognized herself as the stalker “Martha Scott” was using the streaming service Netflix in California wants to sue and demands payment of 170 million dollars (around 160 million euros) – among other things for “loss of joy in life”. Fans of the series tried to track down the “real Martha”. But apparently that wasn’t necessary. Because the stalker’s alleged model recently contacted the British “Daily Mail” and turns things upside down with their version of the story.
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In the newspaper the woman describes herself as Victim by Gadd. Unlike what we see in the series, he was obsessed with her. “He’s using ‘baby reindeer’ to stalk me now. He wrote a damn show about me.” She accuses Gadd of “harassing an older woman on television to gain fame and fortune.”
More than 80 million views
In a good eight and a half weeks, the seven-part series, published on April 11, reached 84.5 million on Sunday (June 9). Recoveries (Views). So-called views are hours watched divided by the total running time – which in this case is just under four hours.
“Baby Reindeer” came in tenth place in the “Most Popular TV (English)” category, the first season of the American-Polish series “The magician2019. The second season of the 2022 fantasy series “Bridgerton” comes in ninth place (with 93.8 million views). The third season of the historical series is being released.
The comedy-horror series is by far number one in this category, which is available alongside “TV (non-English)” as well as “Movie (English)” and “Film (non-English)”. “Wednesday“from 2022 with 252 million views. (ms, dpa)
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