‘A lot of it is coming true’: Inside the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale

, registeror subscribeto save articles for later.Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.For a series so relentlessly dark, the mood on the set of The Handmaid’s Tale is surprisingly light.In a sprawling studio on Toronto’s outskirts, actors snap out of their characters’ miseries once the director calls cut. It feels like the final weeks of high school, with anticipation about next steps tinged with melancholy as friends are about to scatter.Cast and crew grew close over nine years. (COVID-19 and strikes delayed production.) Now, the sixth and last season begins on April 8, with the finale dropping on May 27.“There will be times this season where we almost feel like they really have arrived at a friendship,” says Australian actor Yvonne Strahovski, referring to her character Serena and Elisabeth Moss’ June. “Whether they’re both seeing it that way is another story. I would say it’s probably more on Serena’s side because of her desperation t...