Richard Gadd has seriously bulked up after the smashing success of his Netflix series Baby Reindeer.
The 36-year-old Scottish multi-hyphenate showed off his bulkier and more muscular figure in new promotional images released from his latest project Half Man.
Richard has cultivated some serious mass as his arms and torso were noticeably bigger in the upcoming HBO-BBC drama.
The Primetime Emmy winner was joined by co-star, Billy Elliot and Rocketman actor Jamie Bell, in one of the images.
Richard revealed earlier this year that he wants the new series to be a departure from the intensely personal and autobiographical Baby Reindeer.
After first joking that his next project would be a ‘musical,’ Richard called Half Man a ‘departure from the kind of autobiographical, semi-biographical stuff that I’ve done before, but it’s still dark.
Richard Gadd has seriously bulked up after the smashing success of his Netflix series Baby Reindeer (pictured)
The 36-year-old Scottish multi-hyphenate showed off his bulkier and more muscular figure in new promotional images released from his latest project Half Man
‘It still explores the contradictions of the human condition, but it feels nice not to be turning in it all the time while I’m doing it,’ he explained. ‘So this one I wouldn’t say is a full departure.’
However, he suggested it was ‘still probably totally what you’d expect from me,’ though its ‘subject matter’ might surprise Baby Reindeer fans.
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He added that he hoped that working on something that wasn’t based on his own life would ‘be a healthy thing to do.’
His upcoming series charts 40 tumultuous years in the lives of brothers who are now estranged.
The action begins in the present, when Gadd’s character Ruben crashes Bell’s character Niall’s wedding, setting off an exploration of their traumatic relationship from decades earlier.
Speaking of a beefed up transformation, earlier this year Richard talked about the surprising actor he would like to team up with.
Speaking with the Daily Mail at the SAG Awards back in January, he sounded excited about the possibility of teaming up with a major wrestler-turned-film star: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.
‘I love The Rock. I’m waiting for his call currently,’ Gadd joked when asked if he’d consider working with the Jumanji star.
The Primetime Emmy winner was joined by co-star Jamie Bell in one of the images
Richard remarked that Half Man’s subject matter might surprise Baby Reindeer fans
‘No, he hasn’t been in touch,’ Gadd clarified, but he wouldn’t mind a call, as he is a ‘big wrestling fan.’
Even though that fact seems to surprise people, he admitted that one of his dreams would be a ‘road trip with me, The Rock, John Cena, and let’s just say Bret Hart.
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‘I don’t know what we’ll talk about, but we’ll do it,’ he continued. ‘They’ll be talking and I’ll just be there… ‘
Richard created, wrote and played the lead role in Baby Reindeer, the hit dark dramedy thriller that was adapted from his autobiographical one-man show.
In the series, he plays a version of himself named Donny Dunn who works as a bartender and moonlights as an aspiring comedian.
One of his customers, Martha (fellow Indie Spirit winner Jessica Gunning), develops an unhealthy obsession with him that escalates to stalking.
The series also delves into his conflicted feelings about his relationship with his girlfriend Teri, a transgender American therapist (played by Nava Mau, who won the best supporting performance gong at the Independent Spirit Awards), and an abusive collaboration with a TV writer who takes him under his wing.
The series, which was released on Netflix, has been a hit with critics and fans alike.
Speaking with the Daily Mail at the SAG Awards back in January, Richard sounded excited about the possibility of teaming up with a major wrestler-turned-film star: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (pictured January 5 in Beverly Hills)
‘I love The Rock. I’m waiting for his call currently,’ Gadd joked, admitting he’s a huge wrestling fan. One of his dreams would be a ‘road trip with me, The Rock, John Cena, and let’s just say Bret Hart’
Gadd stars in Baby Reindeer as a version of himself who is stalked by Martha (Jessica Gunning), who meets him in a bar
Richard went on to share his advice to other stars who may be dealing with stalkers, including Piers Morgan, who recently revealed he was dealing with a situation that seemed to be straight out of the hit series.
He urged anyone tormented by similar circumstances to ‘keep going’ and to not let it get in their way.
‘I think there’s times in my life where I felt like the pressure was so intolerable,’ he admitted. ‘I almost didn’t think there would be any sort of way out, but I think it’s almost cliché, the sort of time-is-the-greatest-healer type of thing, but it really is.
‘Every now and again in the darkness, there will be a crack of light, and then as the days go by, those cracks get bigger and ultimately suddenly you’re standing in sunlight,’ Richard continued.
‘It is strange, but I never thought it would end, but I think just the belief that one day it will was enough for me,’ he said on a hopeful note. ‘I think, no, nothing bad sustains forever. I do believe that, and I think that the simple two words would be, “Keep going…”‘