It seems completely crazy to her now: Elisabeth Moss explains why she first refused to play in “The Handmaid's Tale”. The series has just bowed out on Hulu, with some (justified) disappointments, however.
While The Handmaid's Tale has just farewell to the small screen in the United States (she will be available with us on OCS from June 5), Elisabeth Moss returns in her path to Gilead for the past nine years.
The double winner of the Golden Globes said it was “So happy to have“Accelerated the role of June Osborne, after having initially refused, in the series adaptation by Hulu of the novel by Margaret Atwood of 1985, whose sixth and last season ended on May 27.
“” “Thank God, it worked as it was necessary”Said Moss, guest of“ Jennifer Hudson Show ”(via Deadline), explaining that she had hesitated to engage in another series just after her 8 seasons in Mad Men (2007-2015).
She added: “I was not sure I was ready to get involved again, so I refused the first time that they offered it to me. I know, it seems crazy now. I'm so happy to have corrected that. And then they returned and kindly offered me again, Blablabla. And the thing that tipped the scales is that they disclosed me – obviously on purpose – to whom they were going to offer it if I refused, and I said to myself: 'not in my lifetime.'»
“” “This is what made me realize that I had to do it. I couldn't bear the idea that someone else plays this role, you see what I mean? “She explained.” This is what made me realize how much I wanted to do it.»
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Taking place in the dystopian company of Gilead, The Handmaid's Tale – Or the scarlet servant – follows June, alias defred (or offer in VO) forced to reproduce with a high -ranking commander, while secretly plotting to overthrow the totalitarian government and find the girl who was removed.
In April, the creator of the series, Bruce Miller, was in the casting phase for the future, The Testaments, based on the book of Margaret Atwood published in 2019.
A faithful but frustrating conclusion for fans
Attention spoilers! The rest of this article reveals the end of “The Handmaid's Tale”. Not to be read if you have not yet seen the last episode in the series.
After six intense seasons, The Handmaid's Tale ended as she started and bowed out with a last episode that is both discreet, poignant and charged with symbols, which echoes the very beginnings of history. While preparing the land to The Testamentsthis final marks a faithful conclusion to the universe of Margaret Atwood.
Remember, in the final scene of the very first episode, in 2017, Defred sits in the districts provided to him by his captors, observing the things that surround him in an interior monologue: “A chair. A table. A lamp. And a window with white curtains.”The Off Voice ofElisabeth Moss concludes in a shocking tone: “My name is June.”It is a name that she is no longer allowed to use in Gilead, but that she still uses internally to preserve an essential part of herself.
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In the last episode, June, now free to use her first name, returns to the house of her nightmares, now in ruins, and begins the writing of his memories. The recording she makes in the last moments of the series begins as follows: “A chair. A table. A lamp… my name is defused.”The loop is completed.
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A good reason for this end
Speaking against Variety, Elisabeth Mosswho achieved the last episode, first explained that what we hear in this final scene is actually a mixture: a newly interpreted version of the monologue is superimposed on the recorded version almost ten years ago.
This scene also presents an imaginary overview of Hannah, June's daughter, which disappointed many viewers. The mother and daughter were separated before the start of the series, and the series ends without their long -awaited reunion. The quest for June to save Hannah was the common thread of the series, but the 2019 publication of the novel The wills of Margaret Atwooda series of the source material from the series in which Hannah appears, ended this possibility.
“” “Our challenge was to remain faithful to Margaret's decision, while honoring the presence of Hannah. No one is no longer aware that me of the public's desire to see June recover Hannah. This is the number 1 question that I am asked. This is the first thing people want. I don't want it to be a burden, but I have been carrying this question in me for years. And I want to say to all those who say to me: 'Please tell me that she recovers her daughter', I understand what you feel, but this is not the case in the continuation of Margaret.»
Finally, she concluded: “So, the logical continuation, aware that our audience was going to be disappointed, even surprised, was to integrate Hannah. We watched over the season, to the final scene where we put it in the room.”But so imaginary.
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The Handmaid's Tale ends with an surprisingly ambivalent note: Gilead was not overthrown but was seriously weakened, and June swears to continue to fight and to speak.
The sixth and latest season of The Handmaid's Tale will make its beginnings with us on OCS on June 5. In the meantime, the other 5 seasons of the show are to be reviewed on Prime Video.
