The Handmaid’s Tale’s Elisabeth Moss reveals coronavirus derailed directing debut in season 4
THE Handmaid’s Tale’s Elisabeth Moss has revealed how coronavirus derailed her directing debut in season four.
The 37-year-old actress plays lead character Offred/June Osborne in the hit Hulu series, as well as serving as an executive producer.
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In season four, Elisabeth was also going to add director to her list of credentials on the show, but the coronavirus pandemic has delayed her making her directorial debut.
Speaking about the halt in production, Elisabeth told Deadline: "We were two weeks into shooting when we shut down, so we didn’t get a lot in the can, and I was actually also in the middle of directing.
“Our writers are still writing, and they are continuing to write this season, obviously remotely from their own homes, separately, and that train is still chugging along."
Elisabeth is excited to get behind the camera and direct a number of episodes in season four.
She continued: "Yeah [first time directing]. I know…. You prep and spend so much time thinking about it and you’re ready to go.
"And you’re excited, and you feel like, ‘OK I’m ready’, and then when this happens you sort of have this funny thing where you’re like, ‘Well I guess I have more time to think about it’.”
Elisabeth revealed she had originally hoped to direct an episode of season three, but decided against it due to "logistics".
Meanwhile, the show's producer Warren Littlefield recently teased fans about what they can expect from season four and beyond.
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Speaking to TV Guide, he said: "We have not planned season four to be the end [of the series].
"But we also look to Margaret [Atwood]'s book The Testaments and know that the story takes us 15 years into the future.
"We don't see ending it [in season four], and I can honestly say to you, we don't have a definitive out."
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