US EditionAlexis Bledel Makes Rare Comments About The Handmaid’s Tale Exit Ahead of Series Finale
- Alexis Bledel, known for her role as Emily in The Handmaid's Tale, discussed her May 2022 exit from the Hulu series ahead of its May 27, 2025 finale.
- Bledel decided to leave after deep reflection, finding it upsetting to imagine Emily enduring captivity and powerlessness in the story.
- The Handmaid's Tale, based on Margaret Atwood's novel, depicts a dystopian future with low fertility, where the character Nick was villainized in the show and killed despite a different book arc.
- Co-Showrunners Yahlin Chang and Eric Tuchman said they sought honesty in portraying June and Nick's complex relationship, noting, "June has been Nick's beacon all along."
- The series finale closes the Emmy-winning show’s six-season run, which has impacted streaming television and is expected to leave a lasting legacy.
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Alexis Bledel reflects on 'Handmaid's Tale' character's 'deeply upsetting' storyline ahead of finale
In a rare interview, the actress, who departed the show after its fourth season, says she was immediately drawn to Emily.Dia Dipasupil/WireImage Alexis Bledel attends the Elton John AIDS Foundation's 32nd Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party in March 2024Alexis Bledel’s Emily Malek suffered mightily for four seasons of Hulu's Emmy-winning dystopian hit The Handmaid’s Tale.The former professor — whose name shifts from Ofglen to Ofsteven to Ofroy t…
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Elisabeth Moss Addresses Theory That Taylor Swift Made a Secret Cameo in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
Elisabeth Moss is responding to online theories that Taylor Swift made an appearance in a recent episode of The Handmaid’s Tale. If you didn’t know, a re-recording of Taylor‘s song “Look What You Made Me Do” is featured in the opening scene of season six’s ninth episode. It plays as Elisabeth‘s character June Osborne leads an uprising against the Commanders in Gilead. Shortly after the episode aired, fans began to speculate that Taylor was a bac…
Elisabeth Moss Only Agreed to 'Handmaid's Tale' After Learning Who Was Going to Replace Her: 'Over My Dead Body'
Elizabeth Moss only committed to “The Handmaid’s Tale” after learning who the producers planned to replace her with. While appearing on “The Jennifer Hudson Show” Friday, Moss explained that she didn’t want to commit to another show so fast after wrapping eight years on “Mad Men.” But after first turning the offer down, she was eventually talked into it after she learned who producers were going to go to with an offer if she said no to the Hulu …
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