Season 1 of The Handmaid’s Tale ended with June (Elisabeth Moss) being put into a van by The Eyes and heading off to an uncertain future. This is the same way the original The Handmaid’s Tale novel ended. With this in mind, that means everything since then on the TV show has been original material, and puts us a long way from the book.
Now, Margaret Atwood went to write a sequel to the book entitled The Testaments, and now it is officially heading to Hulu.
The new series will see Ann Dowd return as Aunt Lydia. She will be joined by Chase Infiniti (Presumed Innocent) as Agnes, Lucy Halliday as Daisy, Rowan Blanchard (Girl Meets World, Crush) as Shunammite, and Mattea Conforti as Becka.
TVLine included additional actors and descriptions of their characters: “Mabel Li as Aunt Vidala, a stern disciplinarian and the heir-apparent to the women’s sphere of Gilead; Amy Seimetz as Paula, whose recent marriage to a high-ranking Commander has raised her social status but given her a stepdaughter who complicates things; Brad Alexander as Garth, a young Commander, who becomes involved in the personal lives of the girls he’s sworn to protect; Zarrin Darnell-Martin as Aunt Gabbana, a firm proponent of Gilead values and right hand to Aunt Vidala who is a strict and uncompromising educator; Eva Foote as Aunt Estee, the youngest Aunt, whose energy and kindness earn her “cool Aunt” status amongst her students; Isolde Ardies as Hulda, a guileless girl, full of excitement at the prospect of womanhood, whose optimism earns her loyal friends; Shechinah Mpumlwana as Jehosheba, a competitive classmate from a respected family who is relentless in her pursuit of a high-status marriage; Birva Pandya as Miriam, a girl on the cusp of womanhood; and Kira Guloien as Rosa, a caring and dedicated Martha who is a maternal figure to Agnes and a much-needed source of love in an otherwise cold household. ”
It's official! The Testaments, based on Margaret Atwood's sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, starts production April 7. Ann Dowd will reprise her role as Aunt Lydia with Elisabeth Moss as an executive producer of the series. Follow @TestamentsHulu for more! pic.twitter.com/FxZBnjEDUD
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Production is set to begin on The Testaments on April 7, while The Handmaids Tale season 6 will debut on Hulu on April 8.
