Jessica Gunning Says the Success of Baby Reindeer Has Been 'An Absolute Whirlwind'

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Watch our interview from the Emmy Awards red carpet.

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00:00Look who we have here.

00:01Jessica Gunning from Baby Reindeer.

00:02We were just chatting about the show

00:04and how it really went from something

00:06that people hadn't heard of,

00:07and then it came out and exploded.

00:10What was that like for you overnight

00:12to just become the star of one of the biggest things

00:13out there?

00:14Yeah, well, to even be here feels like

00:15we're in some sort of dream.

00:17It feels absolutely crazy.

00:18It came out on the 11th of April,

00:20and since then it's been an absolute whirlwind,

00:22but I'm just so honored to be here and so excited.

00:25Thank you for having me.

00:26Goodness.

00:27Baby Reindeer, Baby Reindeer, Baby Reindeer.

00:30My text chain went wild with this.

00:34What did you do when you first took a look at this project

00:37and you were first thinking about,

00:39even before getting, even before everything,

00:41what did you think of this?

00:42Yeah, well, I fell in love with the script.

00:44I read it all the way through

00:45and just absolutely fell in love

00:46with all the characters in it and the story,

00:48and so, yeah, I went into audition

00:50about four or five times and then got the part,

00:53and then here we are.

00:53Yeah, I'm just so proud to be part of it.

00:56Yeah, really incredibly so.

00:57I love it.

00:58Yeah, thank you.

01:00It exploded and it was something

01:00that people were talking about on social media so much

01:02and with each other.

01:03Were there elements of the show

01:04that you didn't expect people to latch onto

01:06that they really did?

01:08Well, I think just the sheer number of people

01:10that got a chance to watch it,

01:11because it's on Netflix, it's all across the world,

01:13so I just don't think either me or Richard

01:15expected the amount of people to have seen it.

01:17I think we both thought it might be an indie British hit,

01:21and then suddenly, before we knew it,

01:22people in America were talking about it

01:23and people all over the world,

01:25so, yeah, it was astonishing but incredible as well, yeah.

01:28It's the risk of streaming

01:29but also the beauty of streaming

01:30that it can be everywhere all at once.

01:31Yeah, and it really has touched so many people.

01:34I think so many people have got in touch with both of us

01:36after the show finished and just said how moved they were,

01:39especially by episode four,

01:40and just the story in general

01:41and how brave Richard has been in playing that part,

01:44so it's just been amazing how many lives it's affected

01:47and how many people have watched, yeah.

01:49What about the fan response, though?

01:51What's it like at the grocery store for you now?

01:52What's it like at the gas station?

01:53What's going on?

01:54Yeah, well, sometimes, if I haven't had my hair done,

01:55I do look a little bit like Martha,

01:57so occasionally, people might scream and run away,

02:00but in all seriousness, that has happened a few times,

02:03but in the ladies' defense,

02:04she'd just finished watching episode seven

02:06and walked out of the house and I was there,

02:08so maybe that might have been a bit scary to see, but yeah.

02:12No, it's been incredible.

02:12So many people come up and talk to us

02:14and they just say how much they loved it

02:16and, yeah, I'm so proud to be part of it.

02:17That's so cool.

02:18Are you at the Emmys?

02:20He's next at the Emmys, yeah.

02:21Well, we hope you have a fantastic Emmys night

02:23and congratulations on all of the success.

02:25Such a pleasure.

02:26So much to talk to you.

02:26Yes.

02:27So much fun.

02:28Okay.

02:29Bye.

02:30Bye.

02:31Bye.

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