With The Handmaid’s Story coming to an finish, Elisabeth Moss is reflecting on her time in Gilead over the previous 9 years.
The 2x Golden Globe winner mentioned she’s “so glad I did” take the function of June Osborne after initially passing on the half within the Hulu sequence adaptation of Margaret Atwood‘s 1985 novel, which concludes its sixth and ultimate season on Might 27.
“Thank God that labored out the correct means,” mentioned Moss on The Jennifer Hudson Present, explaining that she was hesitant to commit to a different sequence proper after her eight-season run on Mad Males (2007-’15).
Moss added, “I wasn’t fairly certain if I used to be able to make that dedication once more, so I truly handed the primary time they supplied it to me. I do know, it appears insane now. I’m so glad I’ve corrected that. After which they got here again, they usually very properly supplied it once more, blah, blah, blah. Then the factor that clinched it was … they leaked it to me—clearly on goal—who they had been going to supply it to if I didn’t take it, and I used to be like, ‘Over my useless physique.’
“It was the factor that made understand that I wanted to do it. I couldn’t stand the concept of anybody else taking part in that function, you understand what I imply?” she defined. “That was the factor that made me understand how badly I needed to do it.”
Elisabeth Moss in ‘The Handmaid’s Story’ (Steve Wilkie/Disney)
Set within the dystopian society of Gilead, The Handmaid’s Story follows June (aka Offred) as she’s compelled to breed with a high-ranking commander, all whereas secretly plotting to overthrow the totalitarian authorities and reunite with the daughter who was taken from her.
As of final month, sequence creator Bruce Miller is within the casting section of the upcoming sequel sequence The Testaments, primarily based on Atwood’s 2019 followup guide.