Richard Gadd

what happened.

I mean, stuff like Emmys never even came into my head like at all, because I almost didn't think that that was even possible in this country for starts.

But so there was a level above where I thought it would go, but I did believe in it enough to think it would hopefully be something.

I knew in order for people to buy me as Ruben, I needed to get away from Donnie Dunn in almost every single way I could.

I was 68.8 kilograms when I shot Baby Reindeer.

So I was rake thin, you know, and I intensely like lost weight to do that.

And I wanted to feel vulnerable in my body and slight and I wanted to feel young and youthful in my body and everything.

And so I knew I needed to do

180 for Ruben, and I was 110 kilograms at my heaviest when I shot Half Man.

So huge, huge difference.

I was aware that Baby Reindeer was so ubiquitous that people might struggle to see past Donnie Dunn.

Therefore, I needed to change everything.

My size, my voice, my beard.

I grew a big beard, my hairstyle, everything.

And I needed to transform.

It's hard enough if you're just, your job is a sole actor on something to kind of transform, but doing everything else alongside it was a huge commitment.

It's a big relief.

Yeah, yeah.

Originally it was.

I mean, originally I think I was sort of floundering for a title and like a press release ran out and I just scribbled something down and it didn't really mean much of anything.