The actress additionally weighs in on the present’s relevancy because it returns — as soon as once more — throughout a Trump administration, and shares how turning into a mom by means of the present’s run has made her really feel the “weight” of the collection “actually, actually in a different way.”
The Handmaid’s Story star Samira Wiley is opening up about her character returning to the place all of it started for the ultimate season: Gilead.
Whereas talking with TooFab at PaleyFest LA for the Season 6 of the Hulu collection, the actress mirrored on her journey starring as Moira Strand, and shared her ideas on her character placing on the purple handmaid’s gown as soon as once more as she joins the revolution in opposition to the totalitarian authorities.
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“I hadn’t worn that gown since Season 1, since, like, the fourth episode of Season 1,” mentioned Wiley, 37. “So I believe I felt, Samira truly felt lots of issues that Moira felt when it comes to trepidation, a effervescent hearth, being a part of the struggle once more in a method that’s on the entrance strains and never having to simply be a voice and, ‘How do I do that from Canada?’ However having the ability to step, nearly step again into herself.”
“The [circular] journey of enjoying Moira has been very satisfying,” she added.
Wiley — who received an Emmy in 2018 for her efficiency within the collection — teased what followers can count on for the sixth and ultimate season.
“Actually, I believe relating to these six seasons, Season 6 is in actual competition with Season 1, on which one is one of the best … And I don’t say that. Return to my different interviews, I do not,” she instructed TooFab. “The way in which our writers have been attuned to girls, to world politics, to what’s related, what individuals wish to see, but in addition the story that we’re telling. I believe the dedication of our followers who’ve caught with this present shall be rewarded.”
As many followers have identified, The Handmaid’s Story seems to be extra related than ever because it drops a brand new season throughout a Trump administration — with a conservative-majority Congress and Supreme Courtroom — bringing the way forward for girls’s rights into query.
Wiley agreed that it “undoubtedly” does really feel like life imitating artwork.
“I believe particularly relating to our first Donald Trump presidency that occurred in the course of us capturing Season 1,” she mentioned of the primary season of The Handmaid’s Story, which premiered in April 2017, just some months into Trump’s first time period in workplace. “And to have that occur once more in Season 6 was, I do not know, I assume I might have imagined again then that the present won’t be as related because it was then. And we see that that isn’t the case.”
Wiley additionally introduced up how a serious milestone in her private life resulted within the present making even an even bigger affect.
“Me turning into a mom through the time enjoying Moira, the burden of that has hit me actually, actually in a different way,” added Wiley, who welcomed her daughter, George, with spouse Lauren Morelli in 2021. “Having these gigantic issues be part of my legacy as an actor, to be part of a present like that is one thing actors dream of.”
And as for if followers can count on to see Wiley’s Moira within the upcoming sequel collection, The Temptation, which is an adaptation of a Margaret Atwood sequel novel of the identical identify, Wiley mentioned, “We won’t. We won’t. I believe I am performed with Margaret Atwood proper now and the trauma that she has so expertly written.”
Nonetheless, it is secure to say that Wiley shall be remembering her expertise starring on The Handmaid’s Story for a few years to come back, as she hinted that she could have a really particular souvenir at house that probably holds many reminiscences.
“I might need a purple gown in my closet,” she instructed TooFab when requested if she stole something from set. “I imply, I do not know. Possibly.”
Take a look at Wiley’s full interview within the video on the prime of this publish!
The Handmaid’s Story Season 6 begins on Hulu on April 8, 2025 with the primary three episodes premiering that day.
