What the cast of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale: Testament’ spinoff looks like in real life

Calabash Highly anticipated will A lot of effort was put into making their actors look very different The Handmaid’s Tale Derivatives do more than they do in real life.

based on Margaret Atwoodnovel of the same name, The Handmaid’s TaleAired from 2017 to 2025, the story takes place in a dystopian future Low fertility rates lead to women Assigned to men to bear children.

back The Handmaid’s TaleCreators announce final season will air in 2022 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.”

willThe background of the story is set 15 years later, by Ann Dowdaunt lydia when the audience is pushed back A dystopian future with characters like Agnes from Gilead and Daisy from Canada – who secretly collect criminal information about the Gilead regime and smuggle it out of the country. Agnes and Daisy pretend to be “Pearl Girls” and sneak into Canada, while Aunt Lydia sneaks into Canada disguised as “Pearl Girls” Serves as a secret source 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.”

Except for Dodd, Chase Infiniti, Lucy Halliday, Rowan Blanchard, Amy Seimetz, Mabel Lee, Brad Alexander and Mattea Conforti Make up the rest of the cast. Hulu confirmed that The Testaments will premiere in April 2026.

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