In season 5 of Handmaid’s Tale, available since September 15 on Prime Video, June Osborne continues to search for her daughter while foiling Gilead’s evil plans. Her interpreter, the dazzling Elisabeth Moss, also suffered a few scares while performing this chaotic scene in the season 5 finale.
The phenomenon series The Handmaid’s TaleOr The Scarlet Handmaid in French, returned on September 15 in streaming on Prime Video. The opportunity for fans to find the resistant and reckless June, who moves heaven and earth in season 5 to save her biological daughter, Hannah, from the clutches of the Republic of Gilead which considers her an illegitimate child. Renowned for its sometimes unbearable scenes, the series adapted from Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novels is also not a smooth ride for the members of the cast, some of whom have experienced terrible childbirth scenes.
Handmaid’s Tale : this chaotic station scene to shoot for Elisabeth Moss
In addition to playing June Osborne since 2019, Elisabeth Moss, 41, also got involved behind the camera by directing six episodes, in seasons 4 and 5 of The Handmaid’s Tale. The actress notably staged two major chapters of this season 5, the second with Fred’s funeral and the finale, where her character finds herself on the run in the middle of a crowded station. In an interview given to the American site TVLine in November 2022, the British-American actress went behind the scenes of this heartbreaking scene for viewers, filmed in the midst of a health crisis. “There were 500 actors, it was the most extras we’ve ever had in the series (…) It’s a lot, especially when all these people have to be tested for Covid and the protocols have to be respected“, she says. Furthermore, the team could only shoot from midnight on a Saturday evening, and film the entire sequence in just seven hours.
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“It was enormous pressure“
In addition to having to meet filming deadlines and familiarize herself with the environment of a Toronto subway station, Elisabeth Moss had to ensure that all takes were properly recorded. “We did the most camera setups we’ve ever done in the history of the show. It was enormous pressure. We kept making plans, plans, plans, plans, until we got them and we had everything we needed“, remembers the actress. A particularly memorable scene for the actress who was celebrating her 40th birthday that day, an anniversary that she will not soon forget.
Article written in collaboration with 6Médias
