‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ starring Elizabeth Moss is based on Margaret Atwood’s best-selling book of the same name. It revolves around a dystopian society where women do not have bodily autonomy. Moss also produced and directed the series which is probably why she is not keen to see the storyline take its roots in real life. The actress in an interview said that it was horrifying how in the years since the show’s premiere in 2017, its story has only become more relevant.
Throughout its run, the show has made history as the first streaming show to win a best drama series Emmy Award. Fellow stars Ann Dowd, Bradley Whitford, Samira Wiley and Alexis Bledel have also all won Emmys for their performances in the show.It has since won 14 Emmys — including three outstanding lead actress in a drama series trophies for Moss — as well as a Peabody Award. In total, the series has been nominated for 75 Emmy Awards and six Golden Globe Awards.
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Why Elizabeth Moss Feels Horrible That ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Has Become More Relevant?
Based on the best-selling 1985 novel by Margaret Atwood, the award-winning Hulu series tells the story of a dystopian, totalitarian society. In this dystopian society fertile women are forced to bear children for the state. Moss told PEOPLE at the series’ season 5 finale FYC event in Los Angeles on Saturday that she thinks “it’s “horrifying”, how, the story has only become more relevant.
“It’s awful. It’s way more than troubling,” adds Moss, 40. The plotline can never be more close to home, especially in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Jade this past June. For Moss acting in it is “the most fulfilling, creative experience” of her life, but she would not wish for the story to come true even for her enemy.
How Did Margaret Atwood React To The Present Day Situation?
Following the news of the landmark decision, Atwood, 82, posted a photo holding a mug that said “I Told You So.” The author previously told that she never intended for the book to be prophetic. “There’s a precedent in real life for everything in the book,” she said in 2017. “I decided not to put anything in that somebody somewhere hadn’t already done. But you write these books so they won’t come true.”
However, Atwood said she hopes the show and its story will “make people more aware” of the dangers of decisions like the Supreme Court’s ruling. She said that right after the 2016 presidential election, the cast and crew of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale‘ “woke up in the morning and said, ‘We’re no longer in a fantasy fiction.'”
