Darrien is a character in the British drama comedy series Baby Reindeer, who is portrayed by Tom Goodman-Hill.
Biography[]
Darrien is a TV comedy writer on the show Cotton Mouth.
Throughout Baby Reindeer[]
In 2011, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Luna VIP Members Bar, Darrien met struggling comedian, Donny Dunn. Donny aspired to reach Darrien's level of fame. At the pub, Darrien coached Donny on how to do his comedy shows, which helped Donny become a success. Night after night, Donny would have a large audience, who would laugh at his jokes and pay him. However, once Darrien left, Donny's shows went back to having little success. People stopped coming to Donny's comedy shows and people at the pub would opt to watch football matches instead. Donny tried many times to reach out to Darrien, but he didn't reply to Donny's texts.
After many months, Darrien called Donny while he was in the middle of class, and they arranged to meet up. Donny wrote up a long script, which he brought to Darrien, but Darrien did not read it. Darrien encouraged Donny to keep working hard and made Donny believe that he could make him famous.
Donny went to Darrien's place on many occasions, leaving behind his frustrated girlfriend, Keeley at home. Darrien encouraged Donny to do drugs, such as MDMA and GHB. Darrien repeatedly assaulted Donny while he was unconscious. Despite knowing that Darrien was assaulting and taking advantage of him, Donny continued to go to Darrien's place.[1]
At a comedy competition, Donny had an emotional breakdown talked on stage about Martha's stalking, Darrien's sexual assault and his failed relationship with Teri. He lamented that he loved Teri, but he loved hating himself more than he loved her. Some of the audience left, disturbed, and the rest sat in uncomfortable silence. Gino and Greggsy, who sat in the audience, were shocked.[2]
Donny visited Darrien. Darrien told Donny that his on-stage breakdown was brave and invited Donny to work with him again. Donny was hesitant, but Darrien explained that there would be a reboot of Cotton Mouth and Donny would be paid for his work. Darrien assured Donny that it wouldn't be like before. Donny agreed, but began panicking after he left Darrien's place.[3]
Personality[]
Physical appearance[]
Appearances[]
- Season One
Trivia[]
Gallery[]
References[]
Characters |
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Donny Dunn • Martha Scott • Teri • Darrien O'Connor • Keeley • Liz • Gino • Greggsy • Detective Joanne Culver • Officer Daniels • Gerry Dunn • Elle Dunn • Francis |
Cast |
Richard Gadd • Jessica Gunning • Nava Mau • Tom Goodman-Hill • Shalom Brune-Franklin • Nina Sosanya • Danny Kirrane • Michael Wildman • Alexandria Riley • Thomas Coombes • Mark Lewis Jones • Amanda Root • Hugh Coles |
Episodes |
Episode 1 • Episode 2 • Episode 3 • Episode 4 • Episode 5 • Episode 6 • Episode 7 |