June’s Return In The Testaments Addressed By Elisabeth Moss & The Handmaid’s Tale Creator

Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS forward for The Handmaid’s Story season 6, episode 10!The Handmaid’s Tale creator Bruce Miller and star Elisabeth Moss have addressed June’s (Moss) potential return in The Testaments following the primary present’s finish. The Handmaid’s Tale season 6 ended with Boston getting liberated after June and her fellow Handmaids killed all of the Commanders within the metropolis. Whereas there are various amicable reunions and endings for the present’s main characters, the collection clarifies that June and Luke (O-T Fagbenle) are nonetheless going to combat to search out Hannah (Jordana Blake). This means they will nonetheless be doing so when the sequel collection, The Testaments, begins.

Talking with The Hollywood Reporter, Miller and Moss defined that it is potential June will present up in The Testaments. The collection creator and showrunner defined that, because the occasions of the brand new present unfold, the previous protagonist will nonetheless be making an attempt to get Hannah again. This makes it potential she is going to return. Moss indicated she’s nonetheless within the fold as a producer, however is not on set as season 1 is being filmed. Try what Miller and Moss needed to say beneath:

Bruce Miller: That’s a great factor to hope for. I hope she exhibits up there, too. She’s nonetheless doing her job, nonetheless doing what she was doing in The Handmaid’s Story. Luke and Moira are nonetheless on the market someplace, ringing the bell to get Hannah again. The great thing about having watched The Handmaid’s Story is that you just perceive there’s this enormous operation of people who find themselves on the market who care and who’re risking themselves to get to reunite with their kids. The folks in The Testaments present don’t really feel that. However from experiencing Handmaid’s, you understand there’s this entire operation. So is June influencing The Testaments? Completely. She’s on the market. She’s making an attempt to get Hannah again. Will we see her? I’d like to see her. I really like Lizzie Moss, she’s superior! She’s very concerned behind the scenes.

Elisabeth Moss: You’re simply going to have to observe the present. I gained’t be there [on set of The Testaments], which is completely different as a producer. However I can’t not be palms on. I don’t know easy methods to do it another means. And it definitely feels palms on, given the quantity of emails!

What Miller & Moss’ Statements Imply For June In The Testaments

Her Presence Will All the time Be There, Even If She Would not Seem

The story of The Testaments takes place years after The Handmaid’s Story, with the one returning actor being Ann Dwod, reprising her position as Aunt Lydia. Nonetheless, one core character goes to be a younger girl named Agnes (Chase Infiniti), which is identical title given to June’s daughter when she’s adopted by the MacKenzie household. This means Infiniti’s character is Hannah, opening the door for both June or Luke to doubtlessly present up in the course of the collection.

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Nonetheless, Moss is at the moment filming the upcoming Apple TV+ collection Imperfect Ladies, indicating she’s unlikely to seem in season 1 of the present. Whether or not The Testaments could have a number of seasons stays unknown, nevertheless it may comply with the identical path as its predecessor by increasing on its story past the unique novel. It might permit different characters from The Handmaid’s Tale to make vital appearances, probably permitting June to come back again. It is one thing Miller and Moss are open to, making it a probable situation within the collection’ future.

Our Take On June’s Potential Return In The Testaments

It Would Resolve The Handmaid’s Story’s Most Emotional Story

Elisabeth Moss as June Osborne in The Handmaid's Tale season 6

June’s return in The Testaments would make sense, because the optimistic ending of The Handmaid’s Story did not resolve her seek for Hannah. Since her daughter is seemingly a core focus of the upcoming collection, it might be fulfilling for her story to come back full circle, reuniting together with her mom in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later. It may even mirror how June discovered her mom, Holly (Cherry Jones), initially of season 6. Together with her presence nonetheless sturdy on the earth, it would not be shocking if she got here again later within the sequel present.

The Testaments is at the moment filming.

Supply: THR