“The Story of the Handmaid” must plan character death very strategically

Only one episode The story of the maidcreators, actors and crew review a detailed new oral history that addresses some of the biggest problems viewers have raised about their stories over the years. These include: If Gilead was a violent police state willing to quickly enforce any dissident, then Elisabeth Moss’ role is June Osborne, the rebel-led, who managed to survive for six seasons?

This week's “execution” has allowed June to escape a revoked noose, just the latest miracle of her dodging bullets, hit by a truck, and several other very close miracles. (Several characters Have done it Meet elsewhere in the plot. ) Talk to the Hollywood Reporter, The story of the maid Novel writer Margaret Atwood admits that it is a necessary element of a story that may be inspired by reality, but is clearly fictional.

“The only thing that's different from real life is what's caught in June, she'll be shot,” Atwood said. “But you can't do that because you can't eliminate your central role. She's still there because, as usual, there are collaborators inside to help her. Our show rules are: 'Everything you put in can be pure inventions. You always have to tell me when it happened in history.' You have little to make up for something that didn't happen somewhere.”

Keeping the protagonist alive is one thing, but The story of the maid Atwood's sequel novel must also be brought. will– Released in 2019 and set 15 years after her original 1985 work, especially after Hulu announced it would be adapted into one Maid's Follow-up.

Series creator Bruce Miller told THR, “She gave me a small list of killers,” which included Ann Dowd The story of the maid Near the end of it.

“I wonder if Bruce wants to knock Lydia out! I just admire Margaret Atwood,” Moral said to THR. “I'm so happy to continue because I really like Lydia. Having the experience that I've started willMargaret's way of writing makes a lot of sense, and the writers captured it. From the end, this is a very good step Maid's To the beginning will. ”

Miller added: “Lydia is a fucking cat. She has 900 lives, and that's exactly how these people survived this regime – when shit starts to fall, they're very good at walking away a little bit.”

Another character that is longer than anyone expected? Waterford, commander of Joseph Fiennes, was only allowed to last a season or two at first. (He does end up meeting a cruel, satisfying viewer in Season 4's demise.)

“Joe is the cutest guy, [Waterford is] “It's not fun to play a mean character when you're a cute guy, so I encourage him to stick with it.” “Because June had an interesting relationship with Serena (who played by Serena (who played by Serena (Watford, Fred's wife Yvonne Strahovski)) and Fred became more and more, and Fred became even more and more mean in the story.[WaterfordFred'swifeplayedbyYvonneStrahovski)hadsuchaninterestingrelationshipFredbecamemuchmorethanjustthisissleazyblowhardypervertinthestory”[WaterfordFred’swifeplayedbyYvonneStrahovski)hadsuchaninterestingrelationshipFredbecamemuchmorethanjustthissleazyblowhardypervertinthestory”

Read the full oral history of THR The story of the maid Here; the series finale arrives at Hulu on Tuesday.

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