There’s no relaxation in Gilead.
Simply when followers thought they’d be seeing the top of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Hulu introduced the spinoff, “The Testaments,” they usually’re losing no time to start manufacturing.
The Put up caught up with a number of stars and crew members of “The Handmaid’s Tale” on the present’s sixth and last season premiere in Hollywood, California, on Wednesday, April 2, the place government producer Warren Littlefield shared particulars in regards to the just lately introduced sequel.
“The Testaments” will focus on Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) and Elisabeth Moss’ on-screen daughter Hannah (Jordana Blake), who goes by Agnes in Gilead.
Moss is ready to provide the sequence alongside Littlefield as an government.
“It’s based on Margaret Atwood’s sequel, her book, ‘The Testaments,’ and it’s a very different point of view,” he instructed The Put up on the famed TCL Chinese language Theatre on Hollywood Blvd.
“It’s young women coming of age in Gilead, four years after the killing of the harvest,” Littlefield continued. “It’s a different world, it is a different palette, it is a different population, so much is different, and yet… we’ll pull the veil back and reveal that, yes, we’re still in Gilead.”
When requested after they would begin filming the spinoff, Littlefield shockingly responded, “We start on Monday.”
Regardless of revealing that juicy nugget, he wouldn’t say if any of the opposite characters like Moss (June), Yvonne Strahovski (Serena), Bradley Whitford (Commander Joseph Lawrence), Samira Wiley (Moira), O-T Fagbenle (Luke) from “The Handmaid’s Tale” will pop up on TV screens in “The Testaments.”
“Anything else would be a spoiler,” he snickered.
Whereas Littlefield will already be again on set subsequent week, he didn’t need the spinoff to overshadow the upcoming final season of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” which he shared continues to be being perfected.
“We’re finishing the episodes,” Littlefield instructed The Put up. “We haven’t turned the final versions out.”
Moss directed the ultimate two episodes of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
Her co-star Wiley mentioned there’s a “level of trust” that she had by no means skilled earlier than whereas being directed by her fellow actress and real-life pal.
“It’s so many things at once being able to see my friend who I’ve witnessed her growth and see her in that position of power,” Wiley said on the premiere.
“I think that the relationship between Moira and June on-screen is definitely influenced by our relationship in real life.”
Moss, for her half, revealed she has a bonus within the director’s chair.
“I think that being an actor helps me as a director, and being a director helps me as an actor,” she mentioned. “I let them kind of help each other.”
Moss just lately made headlines after revealing {that a} thriller crew member requested to maintain her character’s underwear. She additionally dropped some expletives when requested what her intestine response was when she learn the ultimate “Handmaid’s” scripts.
As for what followers can anticipate from Season 6 of the hit Hulu present, Littlefield warned viewers to “bring your Kleenex,” including, “I think it’s really satisfying.”
The ultimate season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” drops on April 8 with three episodes.
