Margaret Atwood’s sequel to The handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments will be published on September 10 and the lead star of the TV adaptation is already looking forward to it. Elisabeth Moss told The Sunday Times that she hopes for an adaptation of the new book and that she wishes to continue her role in that adaptation too.
“I hope I’m involved,” the actress said. “There’s a gap between the current Handmaid and the new book, which means we can finish our story and do whatever we want with it and it won’t have an effect on the book that’s been written.” The actress elaborated about the role feminism takes in today’s society claiming it has gone through an awakening of sorts in recent years.
Published in 1985 The handmaid’s Tale became an important feminist text. It depicts the life of women in a religious dictatorship, being subjected to exploitation.
