‘Testament’ cast: Meet spin-off stars including ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ cast

Hulu is expanding The Handmaid’s Tale the universe and its will Spin-off – but who makes up the cast?

The Handmaid’s Tale universe When Hulu was brought to life adapted Margaret AtwoodThe 1985 novel of the same name was published in 2017. Atwood’s dystopian universe tells the story of a future where low fertility rates result in women being assigned to men to bear children. Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Madeleine Brewer, Dodd, OT Fagbenle, Max Minghella, Samira Wiley and Amanda Brueghel They have been starring in the cast since the show premiered in 2017.

back The Handmaid’s Talefinal season Announced in 2022creator Bruce Miller Resigned as showrunner and went to work will as executive producer Eric Tuchman and Zhang Yalin Taking over the daily duties of the flagship drama.

“We’re working on The Testaments and it’s not going to track exactly,” Miller told TVLine at the time. “Margaret wrote these absolutely wonderful and specific characters. We had to give that away in The Handmaiden and we had to give that away in The Testaments. The Testaments will definitely be a sequel to the show.”

Set 15 years later, will The narrator is Audiences, played by Aunt Lydia, are taken back to a dystopian future to join new characters such as Agnes from Gilead and Daisy from Canada, who secretly collect and smuggle incriminating information about the Gilead regime. Agnes and Daisy pretended to be “Pearl Girls” and sneaked into Canada, while Aunt Lydia was a secret informant within Gilead.

“While I can’t continue telling Offred’s story, I can continue telling the beginning of the end with three other people connected to these events, because we know from ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ that Gilead is gone,” Atwood told reporters at a 2019 event. “Two hundred years later, it no longer exists because they’re doing workshops on it. How did it collapse? How do these regimes disappear? I’m interested in exploring that.”

She continued: “There are some new costume choices in the book. Humans throughout have loved costumes that tell you who you’re looking at, like a football team and stuff like that. So, yeah, we’ve got some new costumes.”

Atwood said she informed Miller of her plans as The Handmaid’s Tale Coming soon Finish.

“I read the script; I take notes on it,” she added. “I have influence but no real power. But luckily we are on the same page most of the time.”

Keep scrolling to meet will Actors – and learn details about the roles they played:

Ann Dowd

After playing Aunt Lydia in the OG series, Dodd returns as a key figure in orchestrating Gilead’s downfall from within.

Chase Infiniti

Joan’s daughter Agnes grew up in Gilead and was originally named Hannah before joining the Resistance.

Lucy Halliday

The character of Daisy is described as a Canadian teen whose life is upended as she becomes a key figure in the overthrow of Gilead.

Rowan Blanchard

this girl meets world alum plays Shunammite, aka a pampered, famous girl from Gilead whose story intersects with that of Agnes and Daisy.

Mattea Conforti

Becca’s character description teases “a kind but shy girl from a lower-class background who becomes a supplicant and ally.”

Monoclonal Resistance League

According to the show’s breakdown of the character, Aunt Vidala is a “powerful fundamentalist aunt who competes for authority.”

Amy Seimetz

Agnes’s stern stepmother, named Paula, will be explored on screen.