Elisabeth Moss Says ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Didn’t Feel Like ‘Just Crazy Sci-Fi’ After Roe V. Wade Overturned

Elisabeth Moss revealed that the squad down her deed series The Handmaid’s Tale have large discussions astir issues reflected successful the amusement arsenic truthful galore person made comparisons to the dystopian Gilead and the United States successful aftermath of the Supreme Court overturning Roe V. Wade. Elisabeth opened up astir the value of having those discussions during an interrogation on The View on Monday, September 26.

Co-host Sara Haines pointed retired comparisons that politicians person made to the series, as good arsenic protesters dressing arsenic the characters to amusement their feelings astir the combat for reproductive rights. “In the aftermath of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, the amusement is much applicable than other,” she said.

Many protesters person adopted the handmaid’s outfit to telephone retired the Supreme Court. (Shutterstock)

Elisabeth admitted that determination were some “professional” and “personal experiences” that the show’s team brought erstwhile they made the Hulu series, which is present successful its 5th season, and she revealed that they wished the amusement wasn’t rather truthful believable. “We privation this was a brainsick sci-fi—just like, ‘I can’t judge this. This would ne'er happen.’ That would beryllium overmuch much amusive for us, and that would beryllium overmuch much amusive to marque and overmuch much amusive to speech about,” she remarked.

From the idiosyncratic space “as women and citizens and humans,” Elisabeth revealed that the unit has large discussions astir issues portion moving connected the show. “We’re telling this communicative done this woman’s lens, and this 1 character. There are a batch of antithetic experiences from the radical who enactment connected the show, and so, of people we person those conversations,” she said.

Elisabeth has besides directed 5 episodes of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’ (Shutterstock)

In airy of SCOTUS overturning Roe, Elisabeth has made akin comments astir making the amusement pursuing the decision. She revealed that the feelings connected acceptable were “somber” aft the leaked draught determination to reverse the landmark lawsuit successful a May interrogation with Vanity Fair. “It’s not thing that gets america excited, erstwhile determination are these parallels and erstwhile your quality is utilized arsenic an illustration of thing that’s happening successful existent life,” she said. “I privation it would halt being truthful damn relevant.”