Miranda Cosgrove has reflected on her own experience of bullying following the success of Netflix’s Baby Reindeer eight years after her stalker set himself on fire and fatally shot himself in her garden.
The 30-year-old former child actress, who attended the star-studded screening of Mother Of The Bride earlier this week, spoke candidly about the ordeal at her home in Los Angeles and even revealed how it affects her to this day. today.
The Netflix series focuses on Richard Gadd’s real-life story about a stalker named Martha whom he met while working as a bartender in 2013 and has become one of the streamer’s biggest hits of the year.
Cosgrove said Bustle on Friday: ‘That’s another reason I go back and forth to my parents’ house so much.
Miranda Cosgrove has reflected on her own experience of bullying following the success of Netflix’s Baby Reindeer eight years after her stalker set himself on fire and fatally shot himself in her garden.
The Netflix series focuses on Richard Gadd’s real-life story about a stalker named Martha whom he met while working as a waiter in 2013 and has become one of the streamer’s biggest hits of the year.
‘I just don’t feel very safe in that house. For two years after it happened, I really wouldn’t stay there.
‘Then I got into a relationship and because that person was there with me, I was less afraid. But I don’t really like being there alone.
Cosgrove became a household name as a lead character on the Nickelodeon series iCarly, which aired for six seasons starting in 2007.
In December 2016, a man was found dead in the yard of his Hollywood Hills home when law enforcement found him shot to death and engulfed in flames.
Like much of the world, Cosgrove streamed Baby Reindeer and admitted in the post that it made her reflect on her own situation by revealing her admiration that Gadd was able to recreate her tough story for the cameras.
Cosgrove explained: “I didn’t think much about it.
“I feel like if I were the one who had to go through your most terrible experiences again and then try to act them out, it would be very difficult.”
Over the past month, Netflix viewers have been thrown into crisis after discovering a new thriller based on a true and terrifying bullying story.
In December 2016, a man was found dead in the yard of his Hollywood Hills home when law enforcement found him shot to death and engulfed in flames; she appears in the photo in January 2016
Cosgrove (seen Wednesday) told Bustle, “That’s another reason I go back and forth to my parents’ house so much.” I just don’t feel very safe in that house. For two years after it happened, I really wouldn’t stay there. ‘Then I got into a relationship and because that person was there with me, I was less afraid. But I really don’t like being there alone very much.
Cosgrove became a household name as a lead character on the Nickelodeon series iCarly, which aired for six seasons starting in 2007; she is pictured with Jennette McCurdy
Scottish comedian Richard Gadd retells the traumatic experience of being bullied for years in the tense miniseries Baby Reindeer.
After offering a woman a free cup of tea in the pub where he was serving pints, Gadd was inundated with 40,000 emails, 740 tweets and a staggering 350 voicemails, as well as hundreds of letters, in one case harassment that lasted more than five years.
Despite informing the police, unfortunately they couldn’t do much because the unwanted communication was “obviously” not threatening.
Using her trauma, Gadd created a work called Baby Reindeer, a nickname her stalker had given her and which has now been transformed into the disturbing Netflix series.
Recasting his own ordeal, the spooky show focuses on the life of aspiring comedian Donny (Richard Gadd), who is being stalked by Martha (Jessica Gunning).
Mirroring Gadd’s story, Martha becomes obsessed with the actor and writer after he gives her a free cup of tea while she drinks.
At first, Donny appreciated Martha’s attention and sometimes even flirted back.
However, as the stalker begins to cross boundaries, we see their friendly encounter turn into a terrifying story, unearthing Donny’s past trauma of sexual abuse.
Scottish comedian Richard Gadd has transformed his own terrifying experience of bullying into a disturbing new miniseries on Netflix called Baby Reindeer (Richard Gadd as Donny, pictured)
Martha, based on Gadd’s stalker, becomes enthralled with actor and writer Donny after he offers her a free cup of tea at the pub where he works (Jessica Gunning as Martha, pictured)
“Stalking on television tends to be very sexual,” Gadd told Netflix.
‘It has a mystique. It’s someone in a dark alley. He’s someone who’s really sexy, who’s really normal, but then he slowly gets weird.
‘But bullying is a mental illness. “I really wanted to show the layers of bullying with a human quality that she hadn’t seen on television before.”
Although their meeting initially begins as a friendly chat, Martha crosses several boundaries and discovers Donny’s past trauma.
The title of the disturbing miniseries based on Gadd’s true story comes from the nickname his own stalker gave the actor.
The law requires that the real-life Martha not approach Gadd or any of her friends or family.
Netflix fans were impressed by how the Scottish comedian managed to retell his trauma in the heartbreaking story, with several calling it a “masterpiece.”
Baby Reindeer is a big hit for the streaming giant, as it has topped Netflix’s most-watched charts for about a month.