Summary
It’s been a long and arduous journey for the cast ofThe Handmaid’s Tale.
In the show’s sixth and final season, June is focusing on New Bethlehem.
It may be touted as the less extreme Gilead, but the oppressed won’t be fooled.
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Check out the full conversation in the video above, or in the transcript below.
ELISABETH MOSS: I feel like Serena and June is something that definitely comes to mind.
Their relationship is so present.
There are so many callbacks to previous seasons.
Since you’ve seen all eight, you understand.
There’ssomuch history in there.They probably have the deepest and most complicated history.
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Here’s the thing.
It’s almost a sort of immersive experience.
you might’t do that in any other format, I feel like, or any other art form.
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That, to me, is somethingit’s really my honest answerI really love about doing television.
MOSS: They literally can say hi.
At the end of Season 5, Hi, Serena.
That’s all they say to each other.
That’s the dialogue.
But it’s so meaningful.
It’s so complicated.
you could end aseasonwith, Hi, June.
This season opens with the train material.
It’s when Serena’s identity is revealed and things get very, very chaotic.
MOSS: Im so excited that you’ve asked a new question.
I can’t get over it.
I’m so excited.
Thats always my goal!
MOSS: Im thrilled.
I’m going to sit in this moment for a second.
Im just going to enjoy this.
[Laughs] Literally, this is a new question I’ve never been asked.
I’m so excited!
I don’t even know what to do.
I don’t know what to do with myself.
And then I give an answer that Ive given before to the wrong question.
You only have so many places you’re able to put the camera.
We had to escalate the story.
We had to confirm that it was going somewhere new.
So, that was probably the overall most challenging part of planning that train episode.
How do you create a mob that attacks?
So, I had to really do a lot of research and a lot of watching.
That was the biggest challenge.
MOSS: Thank you!
Just a heads up, Gilead is not a friendly place.
MOSS: Well, the main thing that we discovered was that we needed to have a VR wall.
It is absolutely not.
It is much harder!
[Laughs] It is much, much harder.
MOSS: Thank you!
It is really important.
And everyone is also there the whole time.
MOSS: Thank you, I appreciate that.
Thank you very much.
We did plan all of that out, of course.
The bigger sequences are always very, very specifically planned.
I think that all of those choices really, really helped with that.
I wanted to ensure to end on this particular question.
It is one of the most fun places to work.
It is so light, it is so creative.
We have so much fun.
There’s so many laughs.
If you get a few of these people in one room, they will not stop laughing.
They will not stop joking.
I’ve been known to say things like, I will turn this car around.
So, that’s the atmosphere on set.
It is so much fun.
Our crew is amazing, and they’re a part of that, as well.
They create a fantastic environment.
That’s the simple answer.There’s nothing to shed at the end of the day.
There’s nothing to want to get rid of.
So, no one is saying goodbye to anything yet.
Which is why I havent seen them!
I’m eager to see them.
MOSS: We were literally working on 10 this morning.
So, no, you’re not seeing it until it’s ready!
With you behind the lens of an episode, it ups my anticipation.
MOSS: Thank you!
I appreciate that so much.
Thank you for that.
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