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Currently Reading The Handmaid s Tale Showrunner on June Dreading Leaving Gilead as Much as She May Have Looked Forward to It
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SPOILER ALERT:
Do not read if you have not yet watched “Vows,” the sixth episode of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 4, streaming now on Hulu.
(Spoilers are also ahead for “The Testaments,” Margaret Atwood’s followup novel to “The Handmaid’s Tale.”)
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The moment fans of Hulu’s adaptation of “The Handmaid’s Tale” thought would never arrive finally did: June (Elisabeth Moss) got out of Gilead.
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Ann Dowd and Max Minghella also go inside Lydia s collaboration with Lawrence and Nick getting blindsided as a result.
In planning Juneâs journey to get to that point, the producers spoke with refugees who had escaped and aid workers who helped them. âOne of the things they talk about is the fact that oftentimes itâs about putting yourself in a position to get lucky. And thatâs what I thought about with June is that sheâs putting in her herself in a position that gets lucky,â executive producer Bruce Miller tells TV Insider. âI was looking to strip her down to absolutely feeling like sheâs been a failure on every possible level, right before she succeeds.â