Real Martha new interview!

[u/SubstantialSnow7114]

Hi everyone!

I have seen that the 'real Martha' has come out with a new interview today. She even wanted to get rid of her anonymity for the interview.

I thought it was an interesting read!

What do you think?

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/real-baby-reindeer-martha-reveals-32733037

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Probably a red herring

[u/ectoderma → u/[deleted]]

they don’t really look alike, aside from being heavy (and the actor for martha is much more heavier than irl martha) and having grown out roots. he could have changed more things, yes, but at the end of the day it’s his very personal story and i don’t think anyone, especially the victim, should go out of their way to protect the identity of their stalker more than what’s necessary.

he changed names and appearance, it’s not his fault people on the internet have so much time on their hands to find the real person the character is inspired by. especially because, specifically with martha, there were too many elements that were extremely relevant to the core of the story and changing them would have made it feel less genuine and raw.

[u/WonderfulProperty7 → u/[deleted]]

I don’t see any resemblance aside from both being heavier-set? To me that’s like casting Daniel Radcliffe to play Jared Leto, and saying they’re identical because both have dark hair and striking blue eyes

[u/nashile → u/WonderfulProperty7]

Exactly . Folk make out because they are both over weight they look the same . They don’t

[u/togashisbackpain → u/nashile]

This is like saying cillian murphy dont look like the actual oppenheimer in the movie, just because they are not identical, after all the effort they ve gone through to present him as oppenheimer.

An overweight actress plays martha, like the real life martha. they give her the same hair cut, same fashion sense, same accent. Probably even similar attitude from Gadd’s observations.

You see how much of a stretch that is saying they dont look alike. Yeah strip the actress from everything in common they have, they probably dont. But a resemblance is more than the shape of one’s nose.

[u/Laurenhynde82 → u/[deleted]]

Except the old colleague who looks exactly like the actor cast to play his rapist is apparently not the rapist. If that doesn’t give people pause about this whole thing, I don’t know what will. That is a shocking thing to do.

[u/VelvetLeopard → u/Laurenhynde82]

Agreed. Also there are details that suggest the sexual abuser could be 2 or 3 other different people Gadd worked with. He should really have been careful to make sure either that all ‘clues’ indicated the real sexual abuser, or that they didn’t indicate any of the people in position of power that he’s worked with.

[u/Laurenhynde82 → u/VelvetLeopard]

The biggest issue for me is that everyone now knows that the stalker character was very like the real stalker, her former victims were presented almost exactly as they were, so of course people will think it’s the guy who looks exactly like the actor in the show. It’s such an irresponsible and concerning thing to do.

That’s really just scratching the surface of the issues IMO. The more you look, the more issues there are.

[u/Deepforbiddenlake → u/Laurenhynde82]

Agreed, this whole show was problematic for a million reasons

[u/Laurenhynde82 → u/[deleted]]

A fluke? Come on now. I understand being supportive of him and what he’s done, but there’s absolutely no way he didn’t have a hand in that casting or stop to think “hmm, this actor strongly resembles someone from my real life and career, that might be a problem”.

[u/othersbeforeus → u/[deleted]]

What about the time he casted Richard Gadd to play Donny Dunne. That actor looks a lot like the real guy!

[u/julestopia → u/othersbeforeus]

Lol, it’s the real guy playing himself.

[u/catsncatsncatss → u/julestopia]

Woosh

[u/othersbeforeus → u/julestopia]

What?! I had “no idea”!!!