One of the stars of Netflix’s hit series Baby Reindeer has revealed there is a deleted scene that would have ended the story differently.
The show is based on the life of comedian Richard Gadd, who stars as Donny, and a stalker who sent him more than 41,000 emails, 350 hours of voicemails and 106 pages of letters.
In the series, while being stalked by Martha, Donny meets a woman named Teri, played by actor Nava Mau, on a dating app. While the pair hit it off, Teri is eventually also harassed by Martha and it leads to the end of their romance.
Donny later sees Teri in the street with another man, marking the end of their relationship, and offering him closure.
Asked by GQhow she felt about the low note the two characters end on as seen on screen, Mau revealed that there was actually a different ending filmed that never made it to air.
“There actually was one more piece of Teri and Donny’s relationship in the script, and I performed it,” she said.
“Teri leaves Donny a voicemail five months later. So I think, for me, I got closure because Teri did too.
“That’s what gave me so much comfort, knowing that they found peace with regards to their relationship. Teri got her happy ending, you know? Teri found a new man, she didn’t lose her friends, she didn’t lose her job, she didn’t lose her smile. She’s good. And I think that is remarkable, because so often we’ve seen stories of trans people that end with them broken.”
Meanwhile, a Scottish woman accused of being the “real Martha” has spoken out and insisted: “I’m the victim here.”
The woman spoke to The Daily Record – with the publication deciding not to identify or name her – and revealed she had received death threats from Baby Reindeer fans.
“I’m the victim here, not Richard Gadd,” the woman said.
“I’ve had death threats as a result of his show despite the fact that a lot of the things he claimed are just not true.
“Someone online said, ‘If I find you I will kill you’. A guy in North Carolina said that he and other people were going to stalk me like I am supposed to have stalked Gadd. “I got two hours’ sleep last night. I thought, what if his supporters really do things like that?”
She added: “I was in Richard Gadd’s company on occasions but I didn’t stalk him like he claims. “His story is that this is a gross intrusion into my privacy. I haven’t seen him for 12 years.”
Baby Reindeer is available to stream on Netflix now.